Step-by-step a brave young girl who was left with horrific injuries after being hit by a car outside her house earlier this year is now back on her feet and wants to help those who saved her life.

Seven-year-old Summer Baxter has almost completed her long recovery from a head fracture, multiple broken ribs, pelvic fracture, leg compound fracture and other injuries, with her parents, Leanne and Danny, describing the ordeal as their “worst nightmare”.

The family added that had it not been for two air ambulance crews landing at the scene of the accident in Wingate Avenue, High Wycombe, on August 1, it could have been much worse.

Mrs Baxter said: “At one point we weren’t sure if she was going to make it. When she got to hospital at John Radcliffe there were about 20 people working on her.

“The doctor’s said for us to go to see her that evening just because they weren’t sure what was going to happen.

“It was horrible for us not to be able to do anything - she was in the intensive care unit for eight days.

“Had it not been for the air ambulance crews and incredible doctors, Summer may not have survived.”

With Summer now walking again and nearing a return to school, the Baxter family aim to raise vital funds for the charity-run air ambulance.

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The Baxter family: (from left) mum Leanne, baby Lexie, Summer, dad Danny, Alfie and Deanna - ARM Images.

According to the family, neighbours have been pivotal in getting the King’s Wood School pupil almost back to full health after she spent more than a month in John Radcliffe Hospital.

Through a number of fundraising activities they now hope they can raise money and more awareness of the “amazing” air crews.

In response to the accident, a helicopter from Buckinghamshire was joined by another team based in Hampshire and Isle of White.

Mrs Baxter said that they did more than was expected of them with lead doctor, Iain Beardsell, travelling alongside Summer in a road ambulance, despite the helicopter not being needed to transport her.

She added: “The doctors on-board saved her life by the roadside that day, without her she would not have even made it to hospital.

“He didn’t have to go with her, but they just went above and beyond.

“They do such amazing work and if we can raise a bit of money just to get them to help one more person, it is worthwhile.”

Accident happened in Wingate Avenue, in High Wycombe.

According to the Isle of White Air Ambulance Service, it costs about £125,000 to react to emergency situations every month with donations vital for them to keep going.

Friends and family of Summer have been busy raising money for crews in recent weeks and they hope to collect even more during an event in Totteridge next month.

On November 14, Totteridge Community Centre, in Totteridge Drive, will host a race night, raffle and auction with all the proceeds going to the air ambulance charity.

For more information about the work they do, visit www.associationofairambulances.co.uk