A Glasgow taxi driver has been praised for coming to the rescue of a group of children on their way to a carnival.
Kelly McCann, a charity worker from Clackmannanshire, was traveling to the Galactic Carnival at Silverburn on Friday with kids that she supports when their tyre burst in Springburn.
Facing a wait of up to two hours for roadside recovery, Kelly phoned a taxi to take the kids and a colleague to the carnival while she waited for assistance.
Seeing their situation, Glasgow Taxis driver Alec not only sacrificed his fair but gave up his own time to ensure the tyre was replaced and the whole group was able to enjoy their planned day out.
Kelly explained: "We were on a work outing with three young kids and a colleague when in the car I hit a pothole and got a flat tyre.
"In the middle of Glasgow not really with a clue where we were, (relying on sat nav) recovery was going to be 90 mins to 2 hours. I called a taxi to take my colleague and kids to the funfair as we were only a few miles away.
"When he arrived he said don’t worry I’ll be back to help you. Ten minutes later he was back, took my tyre off, and replaced it with the spare. He was an absolute legend.
"In a time especially hard for taxi drivers just now to take half an hour out to help complete strangers just made my week and his kindness blew me away.
"We just want to say thank you so much to Alec and hope that he sees this and knows how grateful we were. We had an amazing time at the funfair."
