A Scottish motorcyclist who crashed in Powys has raised thousands of pounds for the Wales Air Ambulance Charity after crediting its crew with saving his life.

Kenny Reid, an engineering manager from Dundee, was treated and airlifted by the charity’s critical care team following a serious road accident in Powys in 2024.

He suffered multiple injuries, including a broken left wrist, right arm, right shoulder blade and a badly torn muscle in his leg.

He said he was left lying at the roadside in Wales “not really sure what the future was going to look like” before the Wales Air Ambulance team arrived and provided specialist treatment.

“Fortunately, the Wales Air Ambulance attended the scene of the accident, assessed my injuries and provided specialist medical treatment at the side of the road, before taking me to hospital,” he said.

Mr Reid was flown to the major trauma unit at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, where he underwent major surgery to repair broken bones. After a long recovery, he returned home to Dundee.

As a way of saying thank you, he set himself the challenge of completing the Ultra-Trail Snowdonia 50k last month. The event is a demanding mountain ultramarathon in Eryri National Park, featuring more than 3,400m of ascent.

He said tough conditions made the race particularly challenging.

“The conditions were awful with persistent rain, freezing wind and poor visibility which made it very challenging both physically and mentally! But I kept moving forward, thinking about how far I’ve come in the last few years and the reason I was doing it and that got me to the finish line,” he said.

Mr Reid completed the race and raised £3,827 for Wales Air Ambulance.

He later visited the charity’s Caernarfon base, where he met some of the crew who attended his crash.