A Fife mum has blasted a van driver who mounted a pavement outside a primary school during heavy flooding and soaked a pupil.
Tracy Buchan, 43, says she was appalled to see the Dingbro van from Dundee being driven so carelessly.
The incident happened on Hepburn Gardens near Lawhead Primary School in St Andrews at around 3.15pm on Tuesday, when large parts of Fife were flooded by a combination of melting snow and heavy rain.
Motor factor Dingbro’s company philosophy is to “Treat people, as you would like to be treated yourself”, but Mrs Buchan says the driver badly failed to live up to that ethic.
She said: “I was waiting at the bus stop for my son coming home and was horrified to see pedestrians having to rush along the pavement as cars swept a tide of water over them.
“I started to film the dreadful behaviour and a young lad appeared. He was sensibly waiting on the passing cars who were mounting the kerb in front of him and hoping to get the chance to pass safely when the Dingbro van came rushing round the corner.
“It mounted the pavement heading straight for him. The wee lad had no choice but to duck behind the lamppost for safety. The van soaked him completely from head to toe.”
Mrs Buchan, who stays in St Andrews with her husband and two children, added: “I’m appalled at the level of dangerous driving outside a school at home time.
“I appreciate that the conditions were not the best, but if you decide to mount a pavement due care and attention must be given to pedestrians, especially to a child on their own attempting to get home safely.”
When contacted by The Courier, a spokesman for Dingbro said: “As soon as we were made aware of this incident we checked our vehicle tracking system to identify the van involved.
“This incident does not fit with our company policy and is being taken very seriously. There is already an investigation under way but we cannot comment further until this is completed.”
The spokesman added: “Dingbro would like to apologise for the actions of our driver and would like to reassure the people involved this will be fully investigated and appropriate action taken.”
