Police are searching for witnesses following a serious road crash which left a lorry driver in hospital.

Officers were called to a report of a lorry overturned on the A77, just south of School Road, Minishant, on Tuesday November 21.

Emergency services attended around 7.20am and the 57-year-old male driver was taken to Ayr Hospital where his condition is described as stable.

The A77 was closed for around five hours following the incident.

Sergeant Cat Gibbons from the Divisional Road Policing Unit based at Irvine said: “We are appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash, or noticed a white Renault articulated lorry driving on the A77 prior to the incident, to please get in touch.

“Anyone with information is asked to contact the Divisional Road Policing Unit based at Irvine via 101 and quote incident number 0434 of Tuesday 21 November 2017.”