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John-Paul Clark

Car narrowly avoids giant Iris sculpture on Scots roundabout in morning crash

A car narrowly avoided ploughing into a giant Iris scuplture on a Scots roundabout earlier today.

The incident happened at Leslie roundabout in Glenrothes at 9.45am and emergency services arrived on shortly after.

Police cars, an ambulance and two fire crews were at the scene and the driver of the vehicle was attended by paramiedics.

The motor appears to have come off the road at the roundabout and mounted the grass verge footpath, before hitting a lamppost and just stopping before the massive sculpture.

The Iris exhibition was created for the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988 before moving to the roundabout in Fife.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received an alert to a road traffic collision at Leslie Roundabout in Glenrothes at 9.40am on Thursday.

“One fire appliance was despatched from nearby Glenrothes station while a second was also sent from Methil. On arrival the crew found a collision involving one vehicle.

“One person was attended to by paramedics at the scene.

“Officers made the area safe before leaving the scene at 10.18am.”

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