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Woman dies after lorry hits house in Fairlie Woman dies after lorry hits house in Fairlie
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A woman has died after a couple were trapped under rubble when a lorry ploughed into a house in Fairlie, Ayrshire. A 55-year-old woman has died after a couple were trapped under rubble when a coal lorry ploughed into a house in Fairlie, Ayrshire.
Emergency services are at the scene at 53 Main Street, where the A78 Largs to Seamill road was closed to traffic. Emergency services are at the scene at 53 Main Road, where the A78 Largs to Seamill road was closed to traffic.
A man was airlifted to hospital from the house and the driver was also rescued and taken for treatment. A 60-year-old man and the driver, 54, were rescued and taken to hospital suffering from minor injuries.
The building was split into five flats and the bottom flat was occupied by the couple and their dog. The building was split into five flats and the man and woman lived on the bottom floor with their dog.
Photographer Arlene Foster was quickly at the scene from her local shop. One other man who was in the building at the time was evacuated unhurt.
"The lorry is literally in someone's front room and I believe a woman is still trapped in the building," she told BBC Scotland earlier.
"I believe the husband has been freed and the driver was also removed safely.
"The lorry seems to have been going towards Ardrossan but hit the building on the opposite side of the road."
Ms Foster, who works for Anna Conway Photography, added: "It is the main road to Hunterston and Clyde Port, so there are lots of heavy lorries.
"But it's a fairly narrow road and people have been trying to get it widened for years.
"Fortunately, it was quite quiet at the time - school kids could have been affected if it happened later."
Building 'demolished'
Resident Callum Calvey was lucky to have been out at work when the lorry struck the building at about 13:45.Resident Callum Calvey was lucky to have been out at work when the lorry struck the building at about 13:45.
"My bathroom has been wiped out," said the 21-year-old tree surgeon who lives directly upstairs from the the elderly couple. "My bathroom has been wiped out," said the 21-year-old tree surgeon who lives directly upstairs from the the couple.
Front room
"I only found out when a friend texted me and it is a bit of a shock, but it is the woman I am most concerned about at the moment."I only found out when a friend texted me and it is a bit of a shock, but it is the woman I am most concerned about at the moment.
"There are five flats and none of the other residents are about, but I believe the couple's dog got out as well.""There are five flats and none of the other residents are about, but I believe the couple's dog got out as well."
Police are urging drivers to stay away from the area, with southbound traffic being divert at Largs onto the A760 at Hayley Brae and northbound traffic being diverted at the Hunterston Roundabout. Photographer Arlene Foster, who works for Anna Conway Photography, was quickly at the scene from her local shop.
Strathclyde Fire and Rescue service said: "A man and a woman are being rescued by emergency services including the fire service, police and the Scottish Ambulance Special Operations Response Team." "The lorry is literally in someone's front room," she told BBC Scotland.
"The lorry seems to have been going towards Ardrossan but hit the building on the opposite side of the road.
"Fortunately, it was quite quiet at the time - school kids could have been affected as well if it happened later."
'Structurally unsound'
Police are urging drivers to stay away from the area, with southbound traffic being diverted at Largs onto the A760 at Hayley Brae and northbound traffic being diverted at the Hunterston Roundabout.
The local community had been pressing for a widening of the main road to Hunterston power station and Clyde Port.
Steve Graham, chairman of Fairlie Community Council, said: "This was an accident waiting to happen.
"There have been a number of near misses, but nothing on this scale. It is a very narrow road with premises adjacent to the road.
"We in the community council have been complaining about the weight of traffic coming through the A78, which it's not built for. It would not meet current standards for a trunk road."
A Strathclyde Police spokesman added: "The ground floor of the building has been seriously damaged and has been deemed structurally unsound."