A driver has died and two passengers have been seriously injured after a car smashed into a tree.

The crash happened on the B769 between Stewarton and Irvine in North Ayrshire at 9.45pm on Monday.

A 26-year-old man was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock but died shortly after.

Two men, who were passengers in the Volkswagen Golf, are in a serious condition following the smash near West Lambroughton in East Ayrshire.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Emergency services attended and the three men in the car were taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.

"The 26-year-old driver of the car died in hospital a short time later.

"The two passengers in the car are both being treated at Crosshouse Hospital for serious injuries."

Sergeant Kevin Blackley said: "I would ask anyone who may have witnessed the crash or anyone who saw the Volkswagen Golf driving on that road before the crash took place to contact Irvine police office through 101."