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| Funeral held for car death family | Funeral held for car death family |
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| Hundreds of mourners have turned out to pay their last respects to three members of the same family killed in a road accident in Perthshire. | Hundreds of mourners have turned out to pay their last respects to three members of the same family killed in a road accident in Perthshire. |
| William Melville, 67, his wife Allison, 60, and their son, also William, 33, died last Saturday night near their home in the village of Methven. | William Melville, 67, his wife Allison, 60, and their son, also William, 33, died last Saturday night near their home in the village of Methven. |
| The funerals of all three took place at the parish church on Saturday morning. | The funerals of all three took place at the parish church on Saturday morning. |
| Mourners walked along the A85 - the road on which they died - after the service to the village cemetery. | Mourners walked along the A85 - the road on which they died - after the service to the village cemetery. |
| The family were two miles from home on the Perth-Crieff road when their Honda Civic collided with a Vauxhall Corsa at a blind summit. | |
| Donna Miller and Tanya Webster, both 19 and from Crieff, died in the other car involved in the head-on crash. | |
| Driver 20-year-old Ewan Macpherson, from Auchterarder, was pulled alive from the wreckage. | Driver 20-year-old Ewan Macpherson, from Auchterarder, was pulled alive from the wreckage. |
| They were among 15 people killed on Scotland's roads last weekend. | They were among 15 people killed on Scotland's roads last weekend. |
| Mrs Melville, a school crossing attendant, was made an MBE in 2002. | Mrs Melville, a school crossing attendant, was made an MBE in 2002. |
| She and her husband were both karate instructors and Scottish internationalists at the sport. | She and her husband were both karate instructors and Scottish internationalists at the sport. |
| A special assembly has already been held at the local primary school. | A special assembly has already been held at the local primary school. |