'We hope his message helps others to think before they drink.'Ĭouncillor Rita Miller, chairwoman of the South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership, said: 'Scott’s story is a powerful reminder of the potential dangers of losing control after having too much to drink. 'We were glad to have been able to help Scott when he needed it most but it would have been better if he’d been able to make it home safe and sound. 'The one thing all the people we see have in common is that none of them left the house expecting to get injured. He said: 'If we can even get one or two young people to learn from my mistake it will be a small victory' Hope: Mr McLellan is now campaigning to warn other young people about binge drinking. I was looking for something in their words indicating he was alive.' 'My first thought was that I had lost my son. There, she was told to go straight to the relatives room. Mrs McLellan continued: 'I went home and got 10 mins in the car when I got a phonecall saying someone matching Scott’s description had been found and could I go to the hospital.'
When she couldn't find him, she returned to the station and then reported him missing to the police when he was nowhere to be seen. When she arrived at Ayr train station there was no sign of her son - so she went back to the hotel and searched for him.
It's as safe as a place you're going to get.' 'In previous times we had always said “go to the station”. She said: ‘It really didn’t come as any great surprise that I got a phone call before midnight to go and pick him up.
He says he feels 'lucky to be alive' given his extensive injuries Lucky: Mr McLellan had fallen onto the railway line while drunk and set on fire after being hit by 25,000 volts of electricity.
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