The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Man, 68, dies following three-vehicle collision on Perthshire-Angus border
Accident happened yesterday afternoon on the A94 Forfar to Coupar Angus Road
A man died in a three-vehicle crash near the Angus-Perthshire border yesterday afternoon.
The accident happened on the A94 Forfar to Coupar Angus road shortly before 1.30pm and involved a car and two vans.
Tragically, police later confirmed the driver of one of the vans, a man in his late 60s, had suffered fatal injuries.
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the accident on the single carriageway A94 near its junction with the road to Hatton of Eassie at 1.25pm.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews from Kirriemuir and Alyth responded, along with two ambulances and a specialist trauma team.
The vehicles involved in the crash, which happened around three miles east of Glamis and five miles west of Meigle, were a red Ford Transit, black Renault Kangoo and a black Volkswagen Polo hatchback.
The Renault overturned in the accident and came to rest on its roof on top of the Volkswagen on the westbound side of the A94, close to a sweeping bend in the road.
Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to free the casualties. The 68-year-old driver of the Renault is believed to have died at the scene of the accident. Police Scotland said the drivers of the other two vehicles had suffered only minor injuries.
Road policing Sergeant Craig McBean said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man who has sadly died.
“I can confirm his next of kin have been updated.
“Further details will be issued in due course.”
It is not known at this stage if the victim is from the local area.
Diversions were put in place and the road remained closed for several hours while a full investigation into the circumstances of the crash was carried out.
The busy A94 is a key route between the two areas and police have launched an appeal for information from anyone who may have been travelling on the road early yesterday afternoon.
“We are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed the collision or who saw any of the vehicles involved to contact police on 101 using reference number 1890 of February 15,” added Sergeant McBean.