A man suffered facial injuries after the van in which he was driving dramatically veered through bushes and plunged into the Gogo Burn twenty feet below.

Police, fire and ambulance services rushed to the scene at approximately 12.30am on Monday morning.

A spokesman from Largs Police said: " We received reports of a white Mercedes van driving erratically at speed through Largs, the vehicle then crashed at the junction of Gogo Street and Irvine Road, the driver was found to be under the influence of alcohol and has been charged with drunk driving and dangerous driving."