A BOY involved in a road accident in Dalmuir was “extremely lucky” to survive, doctors have said. 

Last Thursday, May 19, Ciaran Creggan, aged five, needed five stitches to the back of his head after the incident.

Blood poured from the tiny lad’s head as onlookers rushed to help him and dialled 999.

The St Stephen’s Primary pupil is now too scared to go outside and insisted to his mum Jolene McLaughlin, 25, he must wear a high-vis vest.

A 35-year-old woman was charged with careless driving after the Duntocher Road incident at 3.15pm on May 19. 

It is alleged the motorist hit the child in her silver Fiat Punto after running a red light at a pedestrian crossing.

Miss McLaughlin told the Post: “Doctors told me he was extremely lucky to have survived for his size, weight and how far he was thrown – 15 feet – in the accident. 

“We’re trying not to think about what could have happened, but the scenarios always pop into your head about how different it could have been. It really makes you appreciate what you have.”

Bruised Ciaran, oldest of three siblings, is now recovering after the accident.

His mum said he will be off school for a while as he recovers from the shock and she thanked members of the public who rushed to her son’s aid as he lay wounded on Duntocher Road.

Quick-thinking onlookers helped shield the boy from rain and curious schoolchildren passing by on their way home.

Miss McLaughlin told how police and ambulance arrived promptly and rushed the youngster to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

She said: “Everyone is just so shocked and glad he’s well.

“I’ve had a few people that have seen me – and strangers – come up and ask how he is. 

“But he doesn’t want to go outside now, though he wants me to buy him a high-vis vest and says it will make him feel safer.”

The relieved mum says she thinks the crossing on Duntocher Road near Singer Road should have a lollipop person. 

“I hope when people hear about what happened that it raises road awareness, especially at the time when children are going home from school,” she said.

“It could have been so much worse and Ciaran is lucky to have survived.”

Inspector David Quinn of Clydebank police confirmed the motorist has been arrested under suspicion of careless driving.