A STUDENT who was seriously injured in a motorbike accident in Barnsley is backing a special fund-raising campaign this month for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Shona Fraser, 21, suffered multiple injuries following the accident on the Dearne Valley Parkway and was airlifted by Yorkshire Air Ambulance to the Northern General Hospital.

Shona said: "They were there so quickly, and got me to the trauma centre within minutes and I can't thank them enough for what they did for me and what they do every week for people across Yorkshire."

Shona who studies at Sheffield Hallam University and is currently living in Sheffield suffered horrific injuries included a broken pelvis, a fractured thigh, two broken wrists, several broken ribs, internal bleeding, a collapsed lung, fractured eye socket and a broken jaw.

To say thank-you to the helicopter heroes who saved her life, Shona organised a charity bike night which raised nearly £700 for the rapid response emergency charity.

With further donations from family and friends that figure is now £900.