Quad bike crash leaves girl, 8, seriously injured

Police are appealing for information after a quad bike crash left a man and an eight-year-old girl seriously injured.

The vehicle collided with a lamppost on a public footpath near Springfield Gardens, Irvine, North Ayrshire at about 5:30pm on Saturday.

Emergency services went to the scene and a 27-yearold man was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The eight-year-old girl was taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock and was later transferred to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.