FATAL ROAD CRASH – EAST AYRSHIRE
Officers from the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Irvine are continuing enquiries and appealing for any information after a fatal road crash near to West Lambroughton in East Ayrshire on Monday 16 July 2018.
Around 2145 hours on Monday evening, a 26 year-old man was driving a Volkswagen Golf along the B769 Stewarton to Irvine Road, when the car left the road and struck a tree.
Emergency services attended and the three men in the car were taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock. The 26 year-old driver of the car died in hospital a short time later.
The two passengers in the car are both being treated at Crosshouse Hospital for serious injuries. Hospital staff describe both their conditions as serious.
Sergeant Kevin Blackley of Ayrshire Road Policing Unit is appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or anyone who saw the Volkswagen Golf driving on that road before the crash took place to contact Irvine Police Office through 101 quoting reference number 4223 of 16th July.