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Coal train in collision with car Coal train in collision with car
(about 3 hours later)
A locomotive hauling a cargo of 1,800 tonnes of coal has collided with a car near Cumnock in east Ayrshire. A locomotive hauling a cargo of 1,800 tonnes of coal has collided with a car near Cumnock in East Ayrshire.
No-one on the train was injured in the crash early on Saturday morning, but a search has been launched for the driver of the car. No-one on the train was injured in the crash early on Saturday morning but a search has been launched for the driver of the car.
Police and other emergency services are hoping to establish whether the driver was injured or has left the scene. Police and other emergency services are hoping to establish whether the driver was injured or had left the scene.
The car appears to have plunged on to the track at about 0240 GMT from a bridge on the A76. The car appears to have plunged on to the track at about 0240 GMT from a bridge on the A76 at Boreland Farm.
A Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet has been used in the search.