Noel Eparaima's mother, Tamara Stewart, told The Herald on Sunday she wasn't concerned with details of the crash, but focused on her son's recovery.
"I'm just worried about my son, I don't care what anyone else thinks.
"My son is fighting for his life."
A friend of the family turned to Twitter to send love and warm wishes to the "cheeky" teen.
"Noel Eparaima, stay with us, keep strong, everyone's here for you. It saddens me that you're up on that bed striving through. Your guna make it bro, just open them eyes and be that cheeky fella you always are."
Ms Fraser's twin sister Memphis has remained at the hospital with her sibling throughout the ordeal and posted a moving picture of the two holding hands.
"When all you want to do is cry, when your heart drops and the world doesn't seem so big anymore, when it's harder to hold it in the more information you get when I know there's no me without you.
"At your bedside all the way, sis ain't going nowhere," she wrote yesterday.
A friend who had visited Hope Pere in hospital said her injuries included a fractured spine, a broken collarbone and broken leg.
Hastings police Senior Constable Tim Rowe described the accident as "graphic," and reiterated the extreme, on-going consequences of excess speed and drink-driving.
"It's sad when you come to these things and it's another accident caused by speed and alcohol.
"It's hard to know families are going to be ripped apart, and knowing whether they survive or not you have these people left with crippling disabilities."
-HBT ln