More than half a million dollars has been donated to help a young British racing driver who has had both legs amputated after being involved in "one of the most horrific crashes motorsport has seen".
Billy Monger, a 17-year-old Englishman, was left fighting for his life after his car collided with a Finnish rival's during a British F4 race at Donington Park on Sunday.
On-board footage from a camera on Monger's car showed him seeming to run into the back of Patrik Pasma's stationary car in the FIA-sanctioned series. After being trapped in his car for an hour and a half at the central England circuit, Monger was airlifted to a hospital in nearby Nottingham.
![British F4 driver Billy Monger has lost both his legs. Photo / Billy Monger Instagram](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4TSOA76BQFTKZLBDHFL52RXK4Y.jpg?auth=586c3e81c0b905cf9319d7fb99d21e5fc74cbcecab3910b50379ea54f0d9c5d0&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Incredibly, Pasma, on the other hand, was virtually unharmed.