Spectator saw car lose control during rally

An inquiry has heard of the moment a rally spectator saw a man collapse following a crash which left three people dead.

Alan Cockburn said he saw a car lose control on a bridge as he watched the Jim Clark Rally near Coldstream in the Scottish Borders.

Photographer Iain Provan, 64, journalist Elizabeth Allan, 63, and Len Stern, 71, died at the rally in May 2014.

A joint fatal accident inquiry is examining the circumstances surrounding their deaths and the death of spectator Joy Robson, 51, at the Snowman Rally near Inverness the previous year.

Mr Cockburn’s police witness statement formed part of agreed written evidence read out at the inquiry at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.

He said: “I saw a car come over the bridge. I bolted.”