A MAN left paralysed after a childhood car accident is aiming to prove his disability is no obstacle to helping a children's charity.

Bradley Johnson, 23, was left paralysed from the waist down after he was hit by a car when he was just six years old.

The accident means Mr Johnson, of Kirkfell Drive, Burnley, is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

But despite this, Mr Johnson, hopes to raise money for Martin House Children’s Hospice in Wetherby by jumping out of a plane at 15,000ft.

Mr Johnson will take the tandem jump with an instructor from Black Knights Parachute Centre in Cockerham, Lancaster, on November 20.

Mr Johnson, who lives with his wife Izabella and stepson and stepdaughter, said: “I can’t remember much from the accident apart from I got ran over by a vehicle when I was six years old after walking into the road.

“I was in hospital for three months following the accident.

“But it changed my life as I was left paralysed from the waist down.

“The accident has left me in a wheelchair and with no movement in my body from my waist down.

“But I don’t let it get to me and my wife is here to support me.

And Mr Johnson, a private landlord, said he wants to raise as much money as possible for hospice and to fund the sky dive.

He said: “My friend’s step daughter stayed at the hospice before she died and the care she received was fantastic.

“The hospice cares for young people with progressive life-limiting illnesses.

“So this is just my way of saying thanks for that and I’ve certainly been inspired by own plight following the accident.

“The skydive itself cost £230 per person so I am hoping to raise the amount to skydive and the rest for the charity.

“I am also going to put some of my own money in for the charity but would appreciate every little help that I can get.”

To donate money to Mr Johnson, visit his fundraising page https://www.gofundme.com/6bkg7w-skydive.