That's really shitty. It's ridiculous how quickly life can change like that. The other day a couple friends and I dropped off FUCK. at his house and then at the next intersection got in an accident. The car we hit missed me by two feet, and it was going a good 50 or 60 kmh. A rude awakening you could say, I could have been paralyzed too if it had happened one second sooner.
Tell your friend I wish him the best of luck in his recovery.