A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a mans wreckless driving caused a road smash on the B743 between Ayr and Mossblown

The collision took place yesterday afternoon around 1.15pm near Auchincruive & Nellies Gate after a van with another vehicle.

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Emergency services were called to the scene and the road was blocked off causing distruptions to local bus services. 

The injured woman was taken by ambulance to Ayr Hopsital. 

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 1315 hours today to attend a road traffic incident on Belmont Road, Ayr.

We despatched one ambulance crew to the scene and a female patient in her 40s was taken to Ayr Hospital.”

A male van driver was issued a fixed penalty notice after the incident. 

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police can confirm that a male driving a van was issued with a fixed penalty notice following an RTC on the B743 on Wednesday 24 April."