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A grandmother is being treated in hospital following a car crash in Moray which killed her eight-year-old grandson and her 72-year-old aunt. | |
Police said a teenage driver also died in Sunday's head-on crash on the A98 near the Findochty junction. | Police said a teenage driver also died in Sunday's head-on crash on the A98 near the Findochty junction. |
Calvin Smith and his great aunt Kathleen Reid, from Buckie, were travelling in a Fiesta driven by his 55-year-old grandmother Linda Smith. | Calvin Smith and his great aunt Kathleen Reid, from Buckie, were travelling in a Fiesta driven by his 55-year-old grandmother Linda Smith. |
Scott Nicol, 19, from Cullen, who was driving the other car also died. | Scott Nicol, 19, from Cullen, who was driving the other car also died. |
He had been driving a Ford Puma. | He had been driving a Ford Puma. |
Mrs Smith was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with serious injuries. | Mrs Smith was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with serious injuries. |
Police appealed for witnesses to the crash to come forward | |
Grampian Police said an investigation in to the accident was under way and that recent wintry weather was not thought to be a factor. | Grampian Police said an investigation in to the accident was under way and that recent wintry weather was not thought to be a factor. |
Inspector Mike McDonald appealed for witnesses to the accident to come forward. | Inspector Mike McDonald appealed for witnesses to the accident to come forward. |
He said: "I am aware that we identified several witnesses at the time and we have spoken to them but I am anxious to speak to anyone else who witnessed the collision or who saw either the Fiesta or the Puma on the A98 prior to the collision." | He said: "I am aware that we identified several witnesses at the time and we have spoken to them but I am anxious to speak to anyone else who witnessed the collision or who saw either the Fiesta or the Puma on the A98 prior to the collision." |
The accident followed a two-car smash near Turriff in Aberdeenshire which left a 23-year-old driver dead and a woman and two children injured. | The accident followed a two-car smash near Turriff in Aberdeenshire which left a 23-year-old driver dead and a woman and two children injured. |