A DISABLED man who relies on his mobility scooter had to push it for more than four hours in torrential rain after it broke down.

But two men came to Tony Collins’ rescue when they spotted him as they were working in Pinehurst Road.

Tony lost a leg in 2006 after getting an infection and eventually it needed to be amputated.

His mobility scooter broke down on Thursday in Manchester Road at 10am, but it took until 2pm to just get to the top of Pinehurst Road.

But when Gary Ansell and Pedro Henrique saw what was happening, they stepped in and pushed him to Tulip Tree Close.

Tony, who was diagnosed with diabetes aged eight, told the Adver: “For some reason it stopped working. It just wouldn’t move so I had to push it but had to keep sitting down every couple of minutes.

“When Gary and Pedro saw me they asked if I wanted any help and it was such a relief because quite a few people walked or drove past and didn’t offer any help.

“There was thunder, lightening and rain that day so I was soaked through and my scooter was wet. Over the years I’ve had five heart attacks and four strokes so it was a real struggle, I was so tired.

“It was brilliant these two guys wanted to help, I was surprised they did.”

The pair pushed the 58-year-old the rest of the way to his home.

Gary said: “I was working on a house at Pinehurst Road because I’m self-employed to fit windows and doors, which is what I was doing at the time.

“I saw Tony trying to push his mobility scooter and the poor man was out of breath. I asked if he was alright and if he needed some help and that’s when I got my friend Pedro to push with me.

“It was quite far away where he broke down, which was not nice to hear especially as it had been raining. It was sad to see that loads of people went past him but didn’t want to help.”

Gary shared a video of them giving Tony a hand on Facebook and got over 1,800 reactions.

Viewers commented on the post saying it had restored their faith in humanity and it was a wonderful thing.

“His son had messaged me on Facebook as well to say thank you for what we did. I wasn’t doing it for any other reason than to help him out, I didn’t like to see him struggle, but it was nice to get that message,” Gary said.

“It was quite nice to get that sort of response from the post. I had around 15 people message me to say how good it was of us which was surprising to get.”