Woman was knocked out by masonry

A WOMAN was knocked unconscious after being hit by falling masonry from a block of Gourock flats.

It is believed she was hit by part of a window ledge which detached from a building on Larkfield Road at around 1am on Sunday.

The woman, who is in her 40s and stays in the area, was coming home from a night out when the brickwork fell, knocking her unconscious.

She was taken to hospital for treatment and is understood to have suffered concussion.

A Greenock police spokeswoman confirmed that officers were called out to the address following reports that masonry had fallen and injured a woman but that she was gone by the time they arrived and they were unable to trace her.