Two teenagers have been left seriously injured after their car careered off a road near a lighthouse.

The 18-year-old male driver and 19-year-old woman who was a passenger in the car were taken to hospital following the smash in Gourock, Inverclyde, in the early hours of Monday.

Police and emergency services were called to the scene of the crash on Cloch Road, near Cloch Lighthouse, at around 1am after the driver lost control of his Ford Fiesta.

The pair were taken to Inverclyde Royal Hospital where medical staff describe their condition as serious.

The road was closed for approximately nine hours while enquiries into the cause of the crash were carried out.

Inspector Gillian Gardner, of the Road Policing Unit, said: "The investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing and I would urge anyone who witnessed it take place, or who saw the Ford Fiesta being driven in the local area shortly before the crash took place to contact us.

"Anyone with information that may assist our enquiry should contact Greenock Police Office through 101."