COLLEAGUES and friends are raising £5,000 to support 20-year-old Aidan Warner who remains in a coma following an accident on Boxing Day.

Their funding page, which can be found at crowdfunding.justgiving.com/aidanwarner, has currently raised £1,995 for Aidan and his family.

As he remains in a coma at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, detectives release CCTV footage of nine vehicles that drove past Aidan, who was later found lying in Upper Hale Road, near to Queens Lane in Farnham with serious head injuries, after an evening with friends.

The footage shows that nine vehicles travelled up and down Upper Hale Road between when he left the Upper Hale Working Men’s Club at 7.25pm and when he was found, at 7.27pm on a section of road which has no pavement.

Those vehicles can be seen in the video on https://youtu.be/VWG8Hb3d4vk. It has been reported that Aidan won’t be strong enough to leave hospital this year.

His father, Ian Warner, said that Aidan has been moved to a side ward in isolation due to a stomach bug, but is positive as Aidan continues to show signs of improvement and is comfortable at this moment in time.

He is breathing on his own and his blood pressure is normal but due to him being unconscious he has to have a feeding tube. However he has become more active showing signs of movement in his arms and legs, and pulling out his feeding tube.

“He is a pleasant, happy-go-lucky type of guy, who would help you out if you ever needed anything. It is nice to take people in to visit him, as we are hoping that he can hear what we are saying to him.

“Some of his friends are going to put a recording together of messages so that Aidan can listen to it and recognise the voices.” Ian said.

With the family it is a case of just having to get on with life. Aidan’s mother Penny Warner is currently signed off work and is free to go back in her own time. She visits Aidan on a daily basis.

Aidan has a loving girlfriend who comes down from Staines every weekend to visit him – the couple got engaged last year.

Ian continued: “It is a difficult time at the moment. It was my brother’s wife who came and knocked on my door to tell me Aidan had been run over. The neurosurgeon said it was more likely than not that Aidan had been attacked, he sustained no other injuries on his body, just from his neck upwards.”

“If anyone knows anything please come forward. I’m sure in the seven minutes that went by someone would know or had seen something. Tony Bonner [colleague and friend of Aidan] pointed out that on the CCTV footage that cars did brake, so they either saw him or something lying in the road.

“By knowing what happened, it will put our minds at rest. We just want to know something. Our priority now is getting him as well and fit as he will ever be, I know he won’t be the same as he used to be. I appreciate everything that everyone has done.”

Tony Bonner, director at Oasis Gardens, has worked with Aidan for four years, after Aidan joined the company which specialises in domestic grounds maintenance, landscaping, fencing and tree surgery, at the age of 16.

He said: “Aidan is a nice lad and there is nothing bad you can say about him – he very reliable. He is a quiet chap but I know he is louder when he is with his friends.

“The news has affected everyone at work, he is liked by everyone – I think the accident has brought the workforce closer together. We couldn’t believe it when we heard, we were shocked – no-one knows what’s going to happen.

“It just needs publicising, so that someone comes forward – we need to make people more aware.

“Aidan could be brain damaged but he is improving, only minor improvements but improvements. It’s positive rather than negative.

“He has been in a coma for around five weeks, I have a family of my own, so I can’t imagine what his parents are going through.

“Everyone has been amazing and we have received so many nice comments on Facebook and the response on JustGiving has been phenomenal – we had £500 given by one company alone.”

Once they have reached a certain figure they will give some of the funds to St George’s Hospital where Aidan is being treated.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Will Marsh, said: “This has been an incredibly distressing time for the family who are understandably keen to find out what happened to their son.

“We are still keeping an open mind about what happened but cannot rule out that it involved a car, or it might be that he was assaulted.

“We are continuing to appeal for anyone who has any knowledge of what happened to get in touch with us. If you recognise the cars pictured and think you might have been involved, know who was, or saw what happened that night please get in touch with us.

“If you don’t want to report any information to a police officer you can report it anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111.”

Information can also be reported to Surrey Police online at surrey.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting reference number P15329261.