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Road crashes claim lives of four Boy, 7, among road crash victims
(about 2 hours later)
A total of four people have died in three separate road accidents. A seven-year-old boy was one of four people who died in three separate accidents on Scotland's roads in less than four hours on Friday evening.
A 59-year-old man died following a collision between two cars in Dalry, Ayrshire, at about 1745 GMT on Friday. Benjamin Paton, from Peebles in the Borders, was killed in a crash on the A9 near Perth at about 1820 GMT.
Seven-year-old Benjamin Paton was killed in a two-vehicle collision on the A9 at the Tibbermore junction near Perth at about 1820 GMT. A 59-year-old man died following a collision between two cars in Dalry, Ayrshire, at about 1745 GMT.
Two men, aged 23 and 24, died at the scene when a car left the carriageway on the A947 south of Turriff in Aberdeenshire at about 2100 GMT. And two men, aged 23 and 24, died when a car left the carriageway on the A947 in Aberdeenshire at about 2100 GMT.
The Ayrshire crash occurred when a man driving a Vauxhall Corsa along Townsend Street appeared to have lost control of the vehicle and collided with a Mazda 323 travelling in the opposite direction. It is understood the car plunged down an embankment at an accident blackspot, south of Turriff.
In the Perth accident, firefighters from Tayside Fire and Rescue cut Benjamin's father Allan free from the wreckage. In the Perth accident, firefighters from Tayside Fire and Rescue cut Benjamin's father Allan Paton free from the wreckage of the crash at the Tibbermore junction.
He is in a serious condition in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. The 44-year-old is in a serious condition in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
It is understood the car in the Aberdeenshire crash plunged down an embankment at an accident blackspot. Strathclyde Police said the Ayrshire crash happened when the man was driving his Vauxhall Corsa along Townsend Street but lost control and collided with a Mazda 323 travelling in the opposite direction.
The man was taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital but died a short time later. The 38-year-old female driver of the Mazda was not hurt.