AN aspiring DJ who was not expected to survive a horrific car crash has beaten all the odds to make a remarkable recovery.

The family of Murray Bass, now 25, were told there was “more chance of winning the lottery” than him waking up from his coma.

Although doctors told his relatives to prepare for the worst, they never gave up.

Murray, from Wickford, woke up from a coma in December 2009 following the horror crash, which happened in August of that year.

He was driving his silver MG ZR along Church Road, Ramsden Bellhouse, when he crashed, hitting a wall and a telegraph pole before his car burst into flames.

Murray, a DJ at Stockbrook Manor, in Billericay at the time of the crash, was pulled from the burning wreckage by his friend and workmate Rick Wakerley, who was travelling behind him when the crash happened.

His sister Jazzily, 26, has spoken for the first time about what the family have gone through since the accident, which included the breakdown of her parents’ marriage.

She said: “He turned 21 and two months later this happened.

“He was going out clubbing, making music, he played guitar and would go fishing.

“It was such a horrific accident, he got rattled round like a pinball in the cage of the car.

“It was such a blur, he only started to wake up over Christmas in 2009 but he didn’t start to talk until 2010.

“He got better and better and then he was finally able to communicate with us.

Murray, who had a contract with UK record label Hed Kandi at the time of his accident, suffered a broken jaw and collar bone, bleeding on the brain and also injured his lungs.

He then spent several months in Basildon Hospital, Queen’s Hospital, in Romford, and after he woke up was transferred to a recovery centre in London.

Now Murray still needs 24- hour care, is in a wheelchair and can’t do anything for himself.

He is now cared for at the Coach House care home, in Grays.

Although Murray is “very mind active”, Jazzily explained it’s now his body that needs to “catch up”.

She added: “We’re so lucky to have him and we’re so lucky to have his personality.

“He still makes jokes and takes the mick.”