A TEENAGER has died after his car was hit by a falling tree during Storm Eowyn.
The 19-year-old was driving near Mauchline, East Ayrshire, on Friday morning when the incident happened at around 6.45am. The red weather warning for the storm did not come into effect until 9am.
He was rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, but sadly died on Saturday.
The teenager has not been named.
Police said: “The incident happened around 6.45am on Friday, 24 January, 2025 on the B743 and involved a blue Ford Focus.
“The driver, a 19-year-old man, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment. He died on Saturday, 25 January.”
Sergeant Chris McColm of the Road Policing Unit added: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died.”
The rare red weather warning for Storm Eowyn was in place from 9am till 5pm on Friday, with Scotland seeing wind gusts of up to 100mph.
Trains, ferries, and bus services were all cancelled amid the storm, which saw more than 200,000 properties hit by power issues.
On Sunday, Justice Secretary Angela Constance told the BBC that there were still around 22,000 Scottish homes without power.
Aileen Rourke, Scottish Power Energy Networks Scotland’s distribution director, said on Saturday: “This is one of the most severe storms we’ve had in decades and the damage to the network from those hurricane-force winds is extensive.
“Unfortunately, the severity of the storm and damage means in some areas it could take several days to restore power."
Network Rail Scotland said 400 incidents of damage on Scotland’s railways had been found since the storm passed, including more than 120 trees and debris on tracks.
It said storm damage to overhead power lines at Lockerbie, Abington and Rutherglen means the West Coast mainline will stay closed until Sunday.
