A hero scoutleader rushed to rescue his neighbour's children from their bedrooms after their house was rammed by an HGV in the middle of the night.
A Stobart lorry driver ploughed into the house in East Kilbridge, Lanarkshire, shortly before midnight on Monday.
After hearing the crash, Allan Reddick, 37, rushed outside his house to help his neighbours.
Hero scoutleader Allan Reddick (pictured) rushed to rescue his neighbour's children from their bedrooms after their house was rammed by an HGV in the middle of the night
A Stobart lorry driver ploughed into the house in East Kilbridge, Lanarkshire, shortly before midnight on Monday
The schoolteacher grabbed a ladder to help the two children escape from the damaged house through an upstairs bedroom window.
He said: 'As soon as I heard the crash I ran out of the house and went into help mode, thinking let's get the kids out.
'My wife and I were up and out within a minute. She was straight on the phone to the police and I went straight out to save the kids.
'Anybody would have done it in my opinion. It was shocking what happened.'
Mr Reddick said he and another neighbour immediately feared the house would collapse and tried to save the children.
The front of the house was badly damaged with walls knocked out and windows smashed
He said: 'I went into autopilot mode and helped. I didn't go into the house because I didn't think it was safe.
'One of the other neighbours got a ladder and we helped the kids out of the back window. It was at an angle that way we didn't know how long the house was going to stay standing.
'The kids were on the second floor in the bedroom. I think one of the kids was on the Playstation, the other I think had been asleep.
'It was two young kids of 11 and 14. They were really shaken up and their mum was at home.
'After I got the kids out, I saw the police arrive and it was no longer up to me. I left and went back to my bed.'
