My car was raided by thieves after horror crash on way to music festival – I lost £6000 worth of stuff
A MUSICIAN who survived a horror crash on her way to a festival had her abandoned car raided by thieves.
Melissa Bradd, 41, was travelling with a friend to Kelburn Music Festival when her Skoda skidded off the A760 and into a ditch near Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire[1].
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The musician's car was left for a weekend - and her belongings were nickedCredit: JustGiving
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She lost her prize musical items including a gongCredit: JustGiving
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The musical therapist also lost her ukulele she owned for 10 yearsCredit: JustGivingThe pair were helped by passers-by after they climbed out the upside down car.
Ms Bradd carried on to attend the three-day event - which takes place in Kelburn Estate near Largs, Ayrshire[2] - leaving her belongings inside the crashed car.
The music therapist believed her vehicle[3] was secure after being handed her keys by mercy crews.
But when she arrived at the crash site, she saw her car had been raided and a number of important items nicked.
A special ukulele belonging to Ms Bradd for ten years was pinched as well as a laptop, a large gong and a tent.
The laptop was said to contain coursework from her university masters in music and environment, plus music she had composed and an archive of her family photographs.
She told the BBC[4]: "That ukulele has been to so many different countries, it's been to the Balkans.
"I've been really privileged to be part of a music camp for children who had come through the 90s conflicts and also experiencing the secondary trauma from that,
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"I've had it at a project when I was working with Ukrainian[5] children in Edinburgh[6], they were playing on it."
The musician, who does not have a permanent home said her life was in the car.
She managed to crawl into the car to retrieve some clothing, and said the theft of her worldly belongings was a "mindless act".
Friends of Ms Bradd have since set up a JustGiving page[7] to raise funds to help her replace her gong.
Police Scotland confirmed they had received a report of several items stolen from a car, following a crash near Lochwinnoch.
A cop spokesperson said the theft was thought to have occurred sometime between 5.40pm on Friday 30 June, shortly after the crash and 2.40pm on Monday 3 July.
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