Teenage girl among three killed in spate of car accidents

THREE people have been killed on Scottish roads this weekend in a spate of accidents.

An 18-year-old girl died after she was hit by a car in Perthshire while a 44-year-old woman was killed after she and a younger man were struck by a car in Dundee.

The dead teenager was named as Natalie Mallon from Kirkintilloch. She died in hospital yesterday after she was hit by a car on the A821 Callendar to Aberfoyle road near Loch Venachar on Saturday evening.

In Dundee, a woman was killed and a man seriously injured after they were hit by a car as they crossed a road in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The 44-year-old woman and 38-year-old man were injured when they were hit by a blue coloured Honda Civic CRX as they crossed Riverside Drive, near Discovery Point in Dundee, around 1:30am.

They were treated at the scene by a trauma team from Ninewells Hospital in Dundee before being taken to hospital, but the woman died several hours later.

A spokesman for Tayside Police said: "Tragically the female pedestrian subsequently died earlier this morning as a result of her injuries. The male is detained in Ninewells Hospital with serious injuries. The road was closed for several hours to allow full crash investigation procedures to take place."

Tayside Police are appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time of the collision to contact them.

In particular, officers are looking for people who got off a bus at a nearby car park and a woman and man who were passengers in a grey coloured Skoda Octavia taxi which stopped at the accident scene.

Officers also want to speak to anyone with information on the movements of a blue Honda Civic CRX, a black Volkswagen Polo, a white Honda CRX, a silver Vauxhall Corsa, a blue Ford Focus and the grey Skoda Octavia taxi before the collision.

A motorcyclist also died over the weekend when he collided with a car in the Highlands.

Paul Keag, 39, from Belfast in Northern Ireland, was killed on Saturday after his motorcycle crashed into a car in the Highlands.

The collision took place on the A82, two miles north of Drumnadrochit.

Both Northern Constabulary and Central Scotland police are calling for anyone who witnessed either of these accidents to contact them.

Elsewhere, a nine-year-old boy was left with serious injuries on Saturday after his bicycle was involved in a collision with a car in the city.

His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The crash, which involved a Citroen C2, took place at around 3pm at the junction of Brackens Road at Strathmartine Road in Dundee.

A motorcyclist was also hurt in a collision on the M8 near Hermiston Gate in Edinburgh yesterday. He was taken to hospital with serious facial injuries..