A man made a dramatic escape from his car after it plunged into a Highland loch yesterday.
It is believed that heavy rain experienced in the Oban area made the roads slippery.
At around 12.30pm his grey Seat Altea car came off the A828 Connel to Ballachulish road at Barcaldine and skidded into Loch Creran.
The incident took place on a twisting stretch of the road near Sutherland’s Grove, south of Creran Bridge.
A police spokeswoman said: “Around 12.30pm police were called due to a report of a car in the sea at the A828.
“The man, who was the sole occupant, was out of the car before police arrival. It is understood had freed himself. There are no reports of any serious injuries.”
A spokesman for the fire service said: “At 12.39pm on Tuesday, June 6, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to reports of a car entering the water from the A828, near Barcaldine.
“However our assistance was not required.”
The road was blocked for a brief period while recovery of the vehicle took place.
North Argyll’s often twisting roads are punctuated with stretches that run alongside lochs and the sea.
In July last year two toddlers were drowned when the car being driven by their mother crashed into an inland loch south of Oban.
Siblings Leia and Seth McCorrisken died when the car went into Loch nan Druimnean, near Kilmelford, along the A816.
The children from the isle of Luing were aged three and two.
Their mother, Hazel Lancaster, managed to escape. She was taken to hospital in Oban and later released.
Passing motorists made desperate attempts to dive below the cold murky water but were unable to reach the children.
Locals said at the time that they were shocked to discover the loch was so deep close to the road.
Concerns were raised about the safety of the stretch of road and whether barriers should be installed along the side of the loch.
