He was taken to Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital where he was said to be in a serious but stable condition.
A Facebook page set up to wish the retired biology teacher well has been liked by more than 600 people and flooded with messages from former pupils at Auchmuty High School.
Kyle Mackie, who set up the page Get Well Soon, Gordon, is to add every name to a card to be given to Mr Suttie’s wife, Anne.
Word spread quickly that it was Mr Suttie, of Glenrothes, who was involved in the accident in the town’s South Parks Road.
Kyle, 29, also of Glenrothes, said: “Everyone has that one teacher that they really liked and for a lot of people that happens to be Gordon Suttie.”
