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Fife motorist dies after crash with lorry | Fife motorist dies after crash with lorry |
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A man has died after the car he was driving was involved in a collision with a lorry on a rural road. | A man has died after the car he was driving was involved in a collision with a lorry on a rural road. |
The emergency services were called to the scene at the bottom of a road known as Liza Brae on the B981 between Cardenden and Lochgelly in Fife at 14:40. | The emergency services were called to the scene at the bottom of a road known as Liza Brae on the B981 between Cardenden and Lochgelly in Fife at 14:40. |
A skip lorry crashed with an Vauxhall Astra and the lorry went down an embankment. | |
The driver of the car, a local man, died at the scene. | The driver of the car, a local man, died at the scene. |
A spokesman for Fife Division of Police Scotland said: "We were called to this collision around 2.40pm this afternoon, and on arrival discovered that a skip lorry had collided with a Vauxhall Astra being driven by a local man, and had then gone down an embankment. | A spokesman for Fife Division of Police Scotland said: "We were called to this collision around 2.40pm this afternoon, and on arrival discovered that a skip lorry had collided with a Vauxhall Astra being driven by a local man, and had then gone down an embankment. |
"All the emergency services attended and the driver of the Astra was declared dead at the scene. | "All the emergency services attended and the driver of the Astra was declared dead at the scene. |
"Recovery of the vehicles, combined with the need to carry out full accident investigation procedures, means that the road will be closed for several more hours." | "Recovery of the vehicles, combined with the need to carry out full accident investigation procedures, means that the road will be closed for several more hours." |
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