Paramedics warn about potholes outside Dumfries ambulance station

Paramedics have warned that large potholes on a road leading to an ambulance station in Dumfries are putting their emergency vehicles at risk. They say their own private cars have been damaged on the craters in the road in Maxwelltown Industrial Estate - and the ambulances could be next. Alan Campbell, the paramedic team leader at the station, said it could lead to delays in reaching patients in need. However, it is unclear who is responsible for maintaining the road. Transport Scotland said it was trying to find out as a "matter of urgency". Dumfries and Galloway Council, the Scottish government and a private landowner have all denied responsibility. Campbell said Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) staff had been asked not to speak to the media about the issue. "However, I think it only right to highlight issues that are causing staff expensive repairs to their own private cars in their duty to turn up to work and serve the public," he told BBC Scotland News. "We also have university paramedics who do not get a wage coming to our station and do not know the road having to pay hundreds of pounds out of their own pocket for costly repairs." He said one student paramedic was told their