POLICE have launched an appeal after a man was seriously injured in a crash involving a car and lorry on the A77 near Kilmarnock.
The 56-year-old was driving a white Nissan Qashqai when it was involved in a collision with a Renault HGV near the Bellfield Interchange.
Emergency services were called to the scene at around 7.35am on Monday, October 19.
The driver of the Nissan was taken to hospital with serious injuries, while the driver of the HGV was uninjured.
The road was closed for several hours while officers carried out investigations into the circumstances surrounding the collision.
Police Scotland confirmed that the A77 reopened at around 3.45pm.
Road policing officers have now launched an appeal for witnesses and are asking motorists who were travelling through the area to check their dash-cam footage.
Sergeant Brian Simpson said: "Our enquiries into the circumstances of this collision are ongoing and I'd appeal to anyone who saw what happened, and has not already spoken to police, to please come forward.
"I'd also like to ask drivers with dash-cam footage of the area around the time to review this and bring anything of significance to our attention."
Anyone with information about the collision is urged to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting reference number 0575 of October 19, 2026.
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