A man has been arrested and charged after a car plunged into a Scots canal last night.
Emergency services rushed to an area of Seabegs Road at the junction with Greenhill Road, Bonnybridge in Falkirk, shortly after 9:30pm on Wednesday October, 6, following reports a Mercedes A-class had entered the Forth and Clyde Canal.
A number of mercy crews were dispatched to the scene, including search and rescue boats.
Officers say that the driver, a 27-year-old man, was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital for treatment.
He was later arrested in connection with the incident and no-one else is believed to have been involved or injured.
The road remains closed in both directions while an investigation is carried out and the car is recovered.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: Around 9.40pm on Wednesday, 6 October, officers were called to a report of a road crash at Seabegs Road, near to its junction with Greenhill Road, where a Mercedes A-class car had come off the road and entered the canal.
"Emergency services attended and there was no one in the car. A search was carried out and the 27-year-old male driver was traced.
"He was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital to be checked over.
"A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with road traffic offences.
"A report will be forwarded to the Procurator Fiscal."
We previously reported how The Provost of Falkirk has been told that repair work to Seabegs Road, which he had been quoted £112,000 for, would actually cost over £3 million.
Provost Billy Buchanan was also told that the stretch of road – which he considers one of the most dangerous in the district – had not seen any accidents that would make it a priority for work.
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