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| Probe continues after lorry crashed into house in Fairlie | Probe continues after lorry crashed into house in Fairlie |
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| Investigations are continuing into why a lorry ploughed into a house in North Ayrshire, resulting in the death of a 55-year-old woman. | Investigations are continuing into why a lorry ploughed into a house in North Ayrshire, resulting in the death of a 55-year-old woman. |
| Catherine Bonner died after the lorry struck the building in Main Road, Fairlie, at about 13:45 on Thursday. | Catherine Bonner died after the lorry struck the building in Main Road, Fairlie, at about 13:45 on Thursday. |
| Her 60-year-old husband and the 54-year-old lorry driver were rescued from the rubble and taken to hospital with minor injuries. | Her 60-year-old husband and the 54-year-old lorry driver were rescued from the rubble and taken to hospital with minor injuries. |
| Police closed off the A78 Largs to Seamill road following the accident. | Police closed off the A78 Largs to Seamill road following the accident. |
| Mrs Bonner and her husband had been watching television in their bottom-floor flat when the lorry crashed into the side of the building. | Mrs Bonner and her husband had been watching television in their bottom-floor flat when the lorry crashed into the side of the building. |
| Fairlie Community Council has been campaigning for road improvements in the area. | Fairlie Community Council has been campaigning for road improvements in the area. |
| Fairlie by-pass | |
| It has argued that the route is not suitable for traffic that includes lorries heading to Hunterston power station. | |
| Councillor John Ferguson, North Ayrshire Council's cabinet member for infrastructure, said: "Our primary concern at the moment is for public safety and we are working with the emergency services and contractors to make the building safe so that we can re-open the road as soon as possible. | |
| "While responsibility for management of the A78 trunk road lies with Transport Scotland, the council has lobbied - and will continue to lobby - for improvements to the road. | |
| "A draft version of the North Ayrshire Local Plan, published in 2003, called on the (then) Scottish Executive to 'fully assess the need for further improvements on the trunk road network and bring forward schemes at the earliest possible date for the A78 coastal route'. | |
| "While the specific reference to a Fairlie by-pass was removed at the request of the Scottish Executive's reporter, the council's aspiration for improvement schemes along the A78 coastal route remains." |