A GRATEFUL dad whose choking baby daughter was helped by a white knight van driver in West Fife has gone on to become the best man at his wedding.

Mikey McKinnon and Craig Rennie were brought together in traumatic circumstances on the A985 in 2015 and were reunited after a Press appeal to find the roadside hero led to a huge response on Facebook.

Mikey's daughter, Emily, thankfully recovered from her ordeal after Craig stopped to help and the two men forged a great friendship, enjoying a much happier occasion together on Saturday as Craig tied the knot with Audrey.

He wrote to the Press: "Five years ago, you posted a story for Mikey looking for the white knight van driver, then two years after, you posted a story letting everyone know that we had remained friends.

"On Saturday, my partner Audrey and I got married and my best man was Mikey.

"Thanks to the Press he found me and I gained a best friend who is more like a brother to me now.

"I just wanted to say a big thank you for bringing us together. It just shows something good can happen from a bad situation."

The couple were married at Dalkeith Registry office with the reception at the Queen Charlotte Rooms in Leith.

Craig said: "In Mikey's speech, he spoke about how me and him met and what brought us together.

"So everyone at the wedding got told the whole story so it was fantastic to hear that.

"Emily was at the wedding too, she's a lovely wee girl. She's actually going to my mum and dad's next week to have a play date with two of the kids."

Fate threw the two men together in December 2015.

Mikey had been driving to Dunfermline to drop off one-year-old Emily at her grandparents’ home when the tot was sick in the back seat and began choking.

He did an emergency stop and pulled the car into the side of the A985 and tried frantically to clear her airway.

Panicked, and with a clearly-distressed child in his arms at the side of the road, Mikey said motorists continued to drive past and it was five minutes before Craig "appeared out of nowhere".

A courier driver, who stayed in Pitcorthie at the time, he gave Emily a blanket, helped divert traffic around the vehicle and even followed them for the rest of their journey to make sure they were safe.

At the time, Mikey didn't get the kind-hearted driver's name and shared his story on the Press' Facebook page in a bid to find and thank him.

It was seen by nearly 40,000 people and Craig got in touch to reveal he was the 'white knight'.

Craig, who now works for a care-at-home company and lives in Penicuik, said: "We still talk about it now and again.

"It was at the time the Forth Road Bridge was shut so it was a major route, very busy and no-one was giving him much room at all. Luckily, I was in the big van and could stop and help.

"He lives about 15 minutes away and we see each other at least a couple of times a week for a coffee. We're really close.

"The Press had so much to do with us becoming best friends and the thousands of views on Facebook helped too.

"It's been brilliant."