A mother has thanked two strangers who rescued her nine-month-old baby from her burning car moments before it was engulfed in flames.
Alex McClean from Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, was driving along a dual carriageway when her car began to smoke and, although she managed to get out, she struggled to open any of the other doors to get her child.
As flames spread, Wesley Beynon and his uncle Marc Willding, stopped to help, with Wesley managing to enter through the driver’s door to free Lilah and Marc pulling her to safety.
The group reunited on Saturday and Alex said Lilah would grow up knowing about the men who saved her life, adding she would never forget their heroism.
Alex, 21, was driving along the A465 at Merthyr Tydfil, at about 13:20 GMT on Wednesday, to take Lilah to a playgroup when her car suddenly began to lose power.
After warning lights came on, she pulled into a lay-by, but moments later smoke filled the car and she rushed to get out.
When she tried to open the rear door behind the passenger seat and the passenger door, neither would open, and in her panic she did not think to try the other side.
“I was panicking trying to open the doors, I thought everything was just locked,” she explained.
