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| Police officer dies in road crash | Police officer dies in road crash |
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| A police officer has been killed and another has been seriously injured in a road crash in Ayrshire. | A police officer has been killed and another has been seriously injured in a road crash in Ayrshire. |
| A female motorist was also injured in the collision between an unmarked police vehicle and a 4x4 vehicle on the A77 near Symington on Friday evening. | A female motorist was also injured in the collision between an unmarked police vehicle and a 4x4 vehicle on the A77 near Symington on Friday evening. |
| The 46-year-old male police officer, who was driving, died at the scene. His male passenger, also 46, and the woman, who was 49, received serious injuries. | |
| The officers were on duty at the time. The A77 remains closed northbound. | The officers were on duty at the time. The A77 remains closed northbound. |
| Receiving treatment | |
| Strathclyde Police were investigating the crash and appealed for witnesses. | |
| They said the Mercedes police car and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in the collision at 1905 BST. | |
| The injured officer and the woman driving the other vehicle were taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock where they were receiving treatment. | |
| The police vehicle was responding to a call in relation to a road crash at Tarbolton Road, Dundonald, at the time of the collision. | |
| It is normal procedure for officers from another force to carry out inquiries into such incidents. | |
| Lothian and Borders Police have launched an investigation to establish the full circumstances surrounding the crash. |