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Ryan Thom

CCTV captures moment car is written off at Ayrshire petrol station and driver flees scene

An Ayrshire petrol station worker's car has been written off in a dangerous smash outside their work.

Aileen Ward, 54, was minutes away from leaving her work when her car was reversed into by a driver at the garage in Cumnock around 4pm yesterday.

Shocking CCTV footage captured the moment where the male driver crashes into the blue parked car before speeding off from the scene on Barrmill Road.

The male driver can be seen coming out of the petrol station and initially going to the passenger side door before he puts his hands on his head, looking slightly distressed before the crash.

The blue car belonging to petrol station worker Aileen Ward was written off (Submitted/Ayrshire Post)

Aileen's furious son Thomas Donald, 28, shared the footage on social media.

Thomas has hit out at the dangerous driver who put his mum and other motorists at risk.

Driver smashes into a blue car (Submitted/Ayrshire Post)

He told Ayrshire Live: "This could have been a lot worse, to do something like that in a petrol station, he could have hit one of the pumps.

"My mum could easily have been sitting in the car at the time, he sped into her car and forced it against a wall which is 2ft away.

"My mum was furious when it happened and even more upset to be told her car is a write off.

"People like that shouldn't be anywhere near a road."

Cops are probing the incident and say enquiries are ongoing.

The driver then flees the scene in Cumnock (Submitted/Ayrshire Post)

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers were contacted following a crash involving two vehicles outside a premises on Barrhill Road, Cumnock, at around 4pm on Monday, June 8.

"One vehicle is reported to have collided with a stationary vehicle. Enquiries are continuing.”

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