MIDDLEBORO — Dave’s Diner waitress Becca Durocher serves her customers more than their menu orders.

When she brings their dishes to the table, she also shares her ever-present smile, co-workers said, often stopping to talk a little extra to someone who might need an uplift and always ready to offer encouragement as people face challenges.

Now the staff at Dave’s Diner, where Durocher has worked as a server for 12 years and who consider themselves a family, are looking to turn the tables.

They are serving up assistance and support as Durocher fights a tough battle that threatened her life.

On June 15, Durocher was leaving work toward her Taunton home when she was struck by a vehicle apparently speeding to evade police in the area of Route 44 and Warren Street in Raynham. She was transported by medical helicopter to Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston.

She suffered devastating injuries, her colleague and friend Sandi Pacheco, general manager of Dave’s Diner, said.

Her aorta was punctured, her pelvis was shattered and her kidney and bladder were injured, among other life-threatening injuries.

“The first two weeks were touch and go,’’ Pacheco said. 

She spent more than three weeks in the critical care unit, where her multiple injuries led to endless operations. “She was in and out of surgeries all the time,’’ Pacheco relayed.

But she kept fighting, which didn’t surprise Pacheco. “She’s the strongest girl I know,’’ she said.

Durocher’s determination, coupled with expert medical care and “fantastic nurses,’’ led to slow but steady improvement. 

She was eventually transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown, where she is now a patient, for “intensive therapy.’’

She has improved “leaps and bounds,’’ Pacheco said.

Durocher is now able to text. She sent a message and video to her Dave’s Diner family last week with heart-warming news: With painstaking support of physical therapists, she is able to put pressure on her feet and walk a bit. 

Durocher, ever strong, hopes to be released from rehab in a few weeks, although Pacheco suspects her stay may be longer. 

She has not battled alone. Her family, her father, Chris Durocher, her sisters Ashley and Courtney Durocher, and her boyfriend Colby Dooley have never left her side. Durocher’s mother, Lisa Durocher, died of cancer seven years ago at age 47.

As they face the long road ahead, Dave’s Diner is looking to raise money for the family. Bracelets are sold for $2, although some customers have tossed many times that amount into the donation jar, she said.

Further fund-raisers are being considered.

A GoFund Me account has also been established. 

The generosity of family, friends, customers and even strangers has touched Pacheco and Candy Cass, the manager of Dave’s Diner.

“There’s been a lot of generous and wonderful people and we want to thank them,’’ Pacheco said.

Cass said the outpouring has brightened the difficult days since Durocher’s accident. “This warms me a lot, to see how much people’’ care.

Donations will help offset the cost of lost work time for Durocher’s family, hotel stays near the hospital, parking and other expenses that can add up. She will likely be out of work for some time, Pacheco noted.

Durocher’s upbeat personality, her friends said, is aiding her recovery. “I’ve never seen her grumpy,’’ Pacheco said. “She’s always smiling. She makes the best of a bad situation.’’

And her friends, family and those who consider themselves both will keep working to bolster her remarkable recovery from her devastating experience.

“We’ll do whatever is needed,’’ Pacheco said.