A mother and child from Largs were injured in a car crash near Kilbirnie on Sunday afternoon. 

Police attended a report of a car having struck a bridge on the A760 Near Connelston Farm , two miles west of Kilbirnie at 3.20pm.

Inspector Joe Conway of Largs Police said: "A Peugeot 207 motor vehicle driven by a 29 year female accompanied by her husband and six year old son was found severely accident damaged.

"All parties were conscious but the female and child were taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital. The six year old was released with just soreness but the female was detained due to a back injury. The adult male was uninjured.

"No other vehicles were involved and no charges have been preferred."