A motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a crash in North Ayrshire this morning.
The man, 54, was on board a red Honda CRF 100 bike which hit a tree after leaving the road.
The crash took place around 10.05am on the B777 a short distance south of the junction with the B775 for Lugton.
An ambulance transferred the man to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where he remains with serious injuries.
Sergeant Ian Thornton of the Police Scotland Road Policing Unit in Irvine said: "We are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances of this crash.
"We would urge anyone who may have information which could help to come forward.
"We would be particularly keen to speak to anyone else who was driving in the area at the time and may have dashcam footage.
"Anyone with information can call 101, quoting incident 0774 of April 29."
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