Mother who died in New York crash

THIS is the first picture of a Scottish mother of three who was killed in a car crash in New York.

• Aileen McKay-Dalton had lived in the New York area for the past 16 years

Aileen McKay-Dalton, 40, who grew up in Port of Menteith, in the Trossachs, died when a 4x4 allegedly skipped a red light in the Big Apple's Brooklyn district and ploughed into her Vespa motor scooter. Witnesses to the crash said Mrs McKay-Dalton was wearing a helmet and had the right of way.

One witness, Tara Simoncic, said: "She was already in the intersection when he hit her. He was going faster than the speed limit."

Mrs McKay-Dalton leaves behind an eight-year-old daughter, Lottie, two sons, Manus and Jones, and her husband, Michael Dalton, who met his future wife while the pair were still in high school in Scotland.

Mr Dalton, 40, has been devastated by the tragedy. He said: "She was everything to me. It's just so horrible, I can't even talk."

Family friend Pat Gleason described the Scotswoman as well-liked and active in her community of Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

"She was truly larger than life," he said. "She was extremely witty and funny."

Close family friend Evan Nuttal, 41, said Mrs McKay-Dalton "had an incredibly large personality".

Tributes were being paid to Mrs McKay-Dalton on both sides of the Atlantic this week, with services held in New York and in Callander.