A YOUNG Alloa boy’s life was saved by quick-thinking binmen who took tips from TV medical drama, Casualty.

Aidan Heaver (11) nearly died after a scooter stunt went wrong and he plunged face first onto the pavement.

He lost three front teeth in the smash and was found bleeding and semi-conscious by passing binmen.

The council workers quickly put the boy in the recovery position and tried to stem the blood-flow as they waited for an ambulance.

Aidan’s mum, Jenny, praised the men for coming to the aid of her son, however waste lorry driver, Michael McCann (50), played down their role and quipped that their actions were down to ‘instinct, common sense and Casualty’.

The long-running BBC One drama focuses on the staff and patients at the A&E department of fictional Holby City Hospital.

Michael said, “I’ve been on First Aid courses in the past but I get all my tips from Casualty – that’s my First Aid – although it still doesn’t prepare you for someone being in a bad way and that wee boy was in a bad way.” Aidan, who wasn’t wearing his helmet, was using a make-shift ramp with his friends in his home street of Leven Court on the morning of 8 April when he crashed into the pavement.

As he rode up the slope his front wheel jammed catapulting the youngster over the handlebars and head-first on to the concrete.

At the same time Michael and Craig Watt (25), both from Tullibody, were passing in an Environmental Services lorry when they saw the boy on the ground, his face covered in blood.

Michael said, “He was lying on the ground with his scooter beside him. You could see something wasn’t right. We got out and saw the blood and the teeth. We put him on his side so he didn’t choke on the blood and kept him conscious.

“It came down to instinct, common sense and Casualty.” Aidan’s mum, Jenny, had been down to the shops when she got a call on her mobile that her son had a “burst lip”.

It was only when she returned a few minutes later that she saw the true extent of his injuries.

The ambulance arrived and Aidan was rushed to Forth Valley Royal Hospital where he was kept in overnight to be monitored as he suffered from temporary amnesia. He was then taken to the Edinburgh Dental Institute for treatment but staff were unable to save his front two teeth.

While those teeth have been declared dead they are back in his mouth – held together with wiring – so not to damage the development of his gums.

Aidan, who attends St Mungo’s Primary School, will now have to endure two years of extensive dental treatment, while his scooter has been locked away in the shed and the home-made ramp chucked out.

Mother-of-three, Jenny, said, “He’s not allowed to run or jump as his teeth are still wobbly and might fall out and he’s on smooth foods for a month and a half. Doctors said the type of injury could have killed him as he wasn’t wearing his helmet.

“I keep telling him to put it on. But even then his teeth would still have been like that because of the way he fell.” And the mum is full of praise for the actions of the Clackmannanshire Council workers. She added, “I am really thankful that they stopped when they did. I can’t thank them enough.”