Alix Stewart, a Gryffe High pupil from Kilmacolm, is one of the survivors following the tragic incident in George Square on December 22 last year.

Now, after seven operations and six months of physiotherapy to learn how to walk again, the 15-year-old is fulfilling a dream to be a junior Scotland basketball player.

In an exclusive interview with Evening Times reporter Catriona Stewart, who was one of the witnesses to the accident, Alix’s parents told how she is finally back on her feet.

Dad Colin said: “Alix has been amazing — not just physically but mentally too.

“She continually pushed and pushed her doctors. She was nagging her physiotherapist for permission to start running just weeks after the crash.

“Alix is not the type to take no for an answer — and she’s hard to say no to.” Courageous Alix was the youngest survivor of the George Square tragedy which left six people dead and several injured.

She was caught underneath the out-of-control truck and dragged along Queen Street before somehow managing to work her way free.

Left with internal organ damage, broken bones, her ear torn off and damage to her back, Alix says playing basketball again was her motivation for getting better.

Alix said: “My biggest motivation for getting back on my feet was basketball. I love playing and I was determined that I was going to join my team again.

“And I feel totally fine now.” More in next week's Gazette.