The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Mother and six-year-old son fight for lives following crash
Nurse tells how he helped to free children from wrecked vehicle
A 31-year-old woman and her six-yearold son are fighting for their lives in hospital after a horrific crash on the A90 north of Dundee on Monday night.
The woman’s two other young children – aged three years and six months – were also in the car but emerged unscathed from the collision between a Vauxhall Corsa and a Mercedes on the northbound carriageway at the Tealing junction.
The mother was taken by helicopter to Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, following the accident, which occurred just after 5pm. Firefighters had to use cutting gear to free the 31-year-old from the wreckage of her Vauxhall.
Police said on Monday that the mum and her six-year-old son both sustained serious injuries.
A 24-year-old student nurse from Forfar was among the first on the scene and rushed to the aid of the six-year-old boy. The student had been travelling back home by bus when the vehicle stopped at the accident scene.
He said: “I saw the black Mercedes in the central reservation. As the bus slowed down, I noticed the woman in the other car. She looked as though she was unconscious. The little boy looked unconscious too but when I got down there he was crying.”
The trainee nurse, who has a oneyear-old son, added: “There was another nurse there and a doctor and we helped to get everyone out the car but we couldn’t get the woman because she was trapped.
“There was a baby in the front seat and a little girl but they were unharmed. I was just thinking: what if it was my son.”
The road was closed for two hours while emergency services attended the incident, causing lengthy tailbacks in both directions. Police are investigating and asked any witnesses to call 101.
Tealing Community Council chairwoman Sandra Burke said: “Much more must be done to make this stretch of the A90 safer for all users.”