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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Taxi driver feared drowned |
Taxi driver feared drowned after accidentally driving into Ayr harbour in heavy rain THE 59-year-old arrived at Ayr Harbour to pick up the harbourmaster shortly after midnight but it is feared he became disorientated due to the heavy rain and plunged into the water. A TAXI driver is missing feared drowned after he accidentally drove his car into a harbour. The Record understands the 59-year-old man and his silver Skoda Octavia vanished at Ayr Harbour after he arrived to pick up the Harbourmaster. It is feared he may have taken a wrong turn after becoming disorientated in the dark by heavy rain. The private hire driver disappeared after he arrived at around 12.20am. It later emerged CCTV cameras captured the car arriving at the harbour but it never left. The man, who is from Ayr, worked for Prestwick-based Streamline Taxis. The vehicle was fitted with a tracker but there has been no response from it since he went missing. Sources said the driver appears to have simply taken a wrong turn and the incident is being treated as a tragic accident. Police Scotland contacted the coastguard just before 4.30am. A search of the harbour, on the banks of the Firth of Clyde, was launched but it has so far failed to find any sign of the man or his car. Divers from the underwater unit are expected to assist the search before darkness falls. A force spokeswoman said the driver is being treated as a “high risk missing person”. Streamline Taxis director Marie Wilkie said: "At this time we have no comment to make as we have had no official word back from the police as it is an on going investigation. "In the meantime our thoughts are with the family at this worrying time." source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scott ... er-4867425 |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Taxi driver feared drowned |
captain cab wrote: The vehicle was fitted with a tracker but there has been no response from it since he went missing. Ermmm they don't work under water. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Taxi driver feared drowned |
poor bloke |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Taxi driver feared drowned |
Body recovered after taxi plunges into harbour days before Christmas THE taxi was captured on CCTV driving into the harbour during heavy rain just after midnight on Tuesday, but was not seen again. A BODY has been recovered from Ayr Harbour after a taxi driver accidentally drove his car into the water. The man, 59, who has not been named, was picking up the harbour master on Tuesday when the accident happened. It is thought that he may have become disorientated in the dark and with the heavy rain and took a wrong turn. The driver who is from Ayr, worked for local firm Streamline Taxis. At the time of the incident, Streamline Taxis director Marie Wilkie said: "At this time we have no comment to make as we have had no official word back from the police as it is an on going investigation. "In the meantime our thoughts are with the family at this worrying time." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scott ... es-4880758 |
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