Two people have been hospitalised after a car ploughed into trees in North Ayrshire. Emergency services were alerted to the smash having taken place shortly after 2pm today on Maree Place, Castlepark, Irvine.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky is alive after a car ploughed into his motorcade in Kyiv.
Ukraine's leader is reported to not have been seriously injured during the collision. However, his driver was rushed to hospital by an ambulance.
Mr Zelensky's spokesman Sergei Nikiforov said the president was assessed by doctors after the crash. The medics had been travelling with him. Mr Nikiforov added that the incident took place in the nation's capital Kyiv.
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In a statement, Mr Nikforov said: "In Kyiv, a car collided with the car of the President of Ukraine and escort vehicles. The doctors accompanying the head of state provided the driver of the car with emergency assistance.
"The President was examined by a doctor, no serious injuries were found. Law enforcement officers will find out all the circumstances of the accident."
Mr Zelensky's office has distributed the video of the speech the president delivers on a nightly basis. It was sent just minutes after Mr Nikforov's statement was published.
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