Google MapsA teenager has died after his car was hit by a falling tree in Ayrshire during Storm Eowyn.
The 19-year-old man was driving a blue Ford Focus on the B743 near Mauchline when it was struck around 6.45am on Friday.
He was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment, where he died on Saturday.
Sergeant Chris McColm of the Road Policing Unit said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died.”
An amber weather warning was in place for the area at the time of the incident. A rare red weather warning issued by the Met Office came into force across the country from 10am on Friday, with hurricane-force winds and falling debris posing a danger to life.
Gusts of 100mph were recorded, leaving more than 100,000 homes without power, felling trees, tearing roofs from buildings and sending debris hurtling through the air.
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