Crash victim Shakir Amory was “grinning from ear to ear” as he proudly donned his cap and gown for the graduation ceremony he battled against the odds to attend.The 17-year-old student was determined to graduate from CedarBridge Academy after a 16-month fight back to recovery.Shakir suffered severe head injuries and multiple fractures when he was knocked off his bike by drink-driver Angela Ambrosini while she was more than two-and-a-half times over the alcohol limit.Shakir was riding his auxiliary cycle home from a Seventh-day Adventist fellowship dinner to mark the Sabbath when Ambrosini's car struck him on South Road, Devonshire, at 11.20pm on March 6 last year.He spent four months in hospital but instead of being held back a year at school, he “pushed himself” to catch up with his classmates.Shakir still suffers from intellectual impairment and memory loss, and has to go for further surgery this month. But he wasn't going to let anything stop him from his enjoying his big graduation day.He was awarded his high school diploma at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium on Thursday as a member of CedarBridge's class of 2011.Shakir's mom Roslyn Amory said: “He really pushed himself, he was determined he was going to graduate.“He gave it everything he had. He was always studying, he got extra help. It wasn't easy but he really put in the work.“It was the day we all wanted to see, we knew he could do it.”Shakir suffered serious head injuries, broken legs, a broken jaw and broken collarbone, and a collapsed left lung. Both legs and his jaw were repaired with metal plates.With multiple surgeries, physiotherapy and continuing speech therapy, Mr Shakir's convalescence is an ongoing battle.About 12 of Shakir's family and friends, including his parents, sister, godparents and friends from church, attended his graduation ceremony. Shakir then visited his speech therapist to have some photos taken with her.Mrs Amory said: “It was so great to see him in his cap and gown.“He was so happy, he was grinning from ear to ear.“His graduation marks the beginning of his life, everything is now over and he can look to the future.”Shakir is due to undergo surgery at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on July 19. To ease the pain in his left leg, doctors are to remove a metal plate and about ten metal screws.He will then have to follow doctor's orders to keep his leg rested for the rest of the summer.It is hoped that this will be the last operation that he needs, although he will need to undergo extensive dental work in his 20s.Shakir will start Bermuda College in September to study art and science and then hopes to go on to earn himself an associate's degree.He is hoping to forge himself a future career in either physiotherapy or sports medicine, although he's also got his eye on working in the music industry.Mrs Amory said her son had announced he was going to “get into music” as he can no longer play football. Shakir is now the manager of singer Rickai Burrows, an S2 student at CedarBridge Academy.At the graduation ceremony CedarBridge principal Kalmar Richards said Shakir had “literally fought for his own life”.Mrs Richards also told the crowd how she admired the way Shakir was pounding the streets to support fellow student Rickai.Ambrosini was jailed for a year in January. Mrs Amory sent Ambrosini a message a week after the accident, explaining: “We forgive her…we have no bad feelings.”