Husband and wife among A9 'carnage' victims

THE three people who were killed in a horrific crash on the A9 in Perthshire on Friday were yesterday named as a husband and wife from central Scotland and a 63 year-old man from North Yorkshire.

They died in a four-car pile-up near Pitlochry, which was described by the emergency services as "a scene of carnage." The accident happened on a stretch of single-carriageway of the busy road, a mile north of the Killiecrankie turn-off.

The driver of a southbound Volvo S80, which crossed the central line, was killed instantly when his vehicle collided with an oncoming Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Astra. Following the initial collision the Renault Clio was thrown into the southbound carriageway, where it collided with a Ford Fiesta heading in the direction of Perth.

The couple in the Vauxhall Astra, who were pronounced dead at the scene, were named as James Forbes, 73, and his wife Anne, 66, of Chacefields, Denny.

The driver of the Volvo S80, who was also pronounced dead at the scene, was named as Steve Potter, 63, of Hutton Buscel in Scarborough.

Mr Potter, was a biology teacher at Gordonstoun School in Moray and joined the staff of the exclusive school in September 2006. Mark Pyper, the school's principal, said: "Everyone at Gordonstoun is greatly saddened to learn of Steve's death. He was a superb teacher, a wonderful mentor."