Girl, 9, among three killed in M9 collision

A nine-year-old girl has died after a crash on a motorway in which a man and a woman were also killed.
The collision happened on the M9. Picture: TSPLThe collision happened on the M9. Picture: TSPL
The collision happened on the M9. Picture: TSPL

The 37-year-old woman and 42-year-old man were pronounced dead at the scene following the collision between a van and a car on the M9 between Polmont and Linlithgow in West Lothian at around 9pm on Friday.

A further two people remain in a critical condition in Forth Valley Royal Hospital and another who was transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow is described as serious.

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The collision on the southbound carriageway involved a silver Mercedes car and a white Vauxhall van, Police Scotland said.

The force has asked any witnesses to contact officers.