A young person whose automotive was struck by a falling tree throughout Storm Éowyn has died of his accidents.
The 19-year-old was driving a blue Ford Concentrate on the B743 in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, at about 06:45 on Friday when the accident occurred.
He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth College Hospital in Glasgow for therapy however died on Saturday.
An amber climate warning was in place in that space on the time. The crash occurred simply over three hours earlier than a pink climate warning got here into pressure.
Sgt Chris McColm of Police Scotland’s highway policing unit mentioned: “Our ideas are with the household and associates of the person who died.”
He’s the second individual to die following Friday’s storm.
Within the Republic of Eire, 20-year-old Kacper Dudek died after a tree fell on his car in County Donegal.
Two days after Storm Éowyn hit, greater than 20,000 properties and companies in Scotland stay with out energy.
Greater than 14,000 SP Power Networks clients in central and southern Scotland are nonetheless off-grid.
Scottish and Southern Electrical energy Networks (SSEN) mentioned they’ve 7,500 clients with out energy.
Rail and ferry hyperlinks stay badly affected throughout the nation, with warnings important disruption will proceed all through Sunday.
Prepare operator Scotrail mentioned engineers are working to revive the community after 400 particular person incidents had been logged on Friday and Saturday.
CalMac has begun operating some ferries on its island routes, although these stay vulnerable to delay and cancellation as a result of continued opposed climate, storm harm and energy outages.
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, 2025-01-26 13:29:00
