Prince William reunited with road crash survivor he helped save in Cambridgeshire
The Prince of Wales has met a road crash survivor who he helped save while working as an air ambulance pilot with EAAA
The Prince of Wales has met a road crash survivor who was saved by William and his former air ambulance crewmates while working at the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Jack Beeton was a passenger in a van driven by his uncle when it was in a collision with a lorry on the A10 near Cambridge in October 2015, which killed his uncle and left Mr Beeton with extensive injuries.
The future King invited Mr Beeton to Windsor Castle after he received a letter from the crash survivor's girlfriend, saying her partner had thanked all the crew from the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) personally apart from him.
William was an EAAA helicopter pilot for two years until 2017, and wrote a public letter about his experiences when his role came to an end, saying pitching in with crewmates to save Mr Beeton's life gave him the "determination to keep going".
In his letter about his time with the EAAA, William wrote: "Another rescue that sticks in my mind was to a young man who was involved in a road accident.
"His uncle in the car with him sadly didn't survive, and I was sure that from what we were faced with he wouldn't either - but thanks to the skills of our medical team he is alive today.
"We were first on scene and in such circumstances we all had to pitch in to fight to save the young man's life. It is days like this, when you know you have made a difference, that give you the determination to keep going."