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."
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