Passenger dies after car and lorry crash

A 50-year-old man has died in hospital after a road crash involving an articulated lorry in Dumfries and Galloway.

The passenger of a grey Peugeot 307 was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow by air ambulance but later died of his injuries.

The collision – which involved the car and a white Scania articulated lorry – happened just after 4pm on Wednesday on the southbound carriageway of the A74(M) near Eaglesfield.

The 39-year-old Peugeot driver was taken to hospital in Carlisle.

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