PROUD Oswestry mums have praised their Good Samaritan teenage sons after they spent five hours with an elderly man who was waiting for an ambulance following a fall.

Kane Rowbotham and Jamie Williams were out in their cars during the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday when they came across the gentleman lying in Oakhurst Road after he had collapsed when going to check bus times.

The pair not only called for an ambulance, but also attended to his personal needs and alerted residents by beeping their horns, leading to more help coming.

Laura Rowbotham, Kane's mum, and Jamie's mum Becky Williams admitted that their boys made them 'so proud' and said what did went above and beyond what was expected of them.

"We've got a family Whatsapp group and Kane just casually told us about it," said Laura.

"He was very blasé about it but we have this family chat that includes his grandmother and his great-grandmother, and they were telling him that it was amazing.

"Another thing that makes us proud is that Kane and Jamie chose to stay with the man, even when residents had been alerted to what was happening, and they brought out resources and supplies.

"They could have left but they didn't.

"Kane and Jamie also constantly got in touch with the ambulance people to ask questions about what help they could give to the man, and for advice on how to deal with his personal problems.

"They didn't get much help but knew not to give him any more paracetamol and used their initiative to help him.

"We're so proud of them – they did their community proud.

"The pair of them have a caring nature – they're good lads."

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Becky added: "Jamie rang me at 3.30am to tell me what he was doing and what was happening, and that they were going to stay with him until the ambulance came.

"He rang me because he didn't want me worrying about where he was.

"We're so proud of how he made the right decision – they also helped a cyclist a couple of days before in Whittington or Babbinswood, a lad of similar age who fell off his bike and cut his chin.

"They seem to have made a weekend of helping people.

"It's good for people to know that yes, they are boy racers but they are good lads but they stopped to help someone and did something they weren't expected to or didn't have to."

Amy White was woken up by the pair beeping their horns for help, and she paid tribute to their willingness to do the right thing by the stranded man.

She said: "They were brilliant. If they didn't do what they did, I don't know what would have happened because the man was in a bad way.

"They explained that they had called for an ambulance but it hadn't come, and now they didn't know what to do so they started beeping for help.

"They said he needed blankets so I went to get some and tried to take over from them, but they stayed and looked after him.

"They waited until the ambulance came after about five hours – I was so impressed with how much they helped as not many of their age would not only stay but also to the lengths they went to help him."