First-class degree for death-crash student

A veterinary nursing student who died in a car crash the day after her final exam has been awarded a posthumous first-class honours degree.

Meghan AmbrozevichBlair, 26, died following a collision between her car and a pick-up truck on the A1 near Dunbar, in East Lothian, in December.

The student, who was engaged, had been studying veterinary nursing at Edinburgh Napier University and had taken her final exam the previous day.

This week, as the university prepares to honour its latest graduates, it emerged she passed her course with flying colours and has been awarded a first.

In a statement, her family said: “We are extremely proud of our daughter’s achievement.”