Man, 49, dies after van crashes into road paving machine on Scots road
A MAN has died after the van he was driving smashed into a road-paving machine on a Scots road.
The man, 49, driving the Peugeot Partner van collided with the stationary Volvo road-paving vehicle on the A75 near Glenluce[1] shortly before 7am.
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A man has died after the crash on the A75Credit: SUPPLIED
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Police sealed off the sceneCredit: SUPPLIED
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A probe is underway into the fatal collisionCredit: SUPPLIED
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A police car blocks the road near the crash sceneCredit: SUPPLIED
Emergency crews raced to the scene in Dumfries and Galloway as the alarm was raised.
Cops[2] sealed off the road after the major crash, with police[3] vehicles blocking the route and officers standing guard.
Multiple ambulances, a trauma team and an air ambulance[4] were all scrambled to the scene.
The van driver was raced to Galloway Community Hospital[5].
family and friends of the deceased at this time.
“Enquiries to establish the full circumstances of the crash are ongoing and we’d like to thank the public for their understanding, as officers carry out their work in the area.
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“We would appeal to anyone with information on the crash, any witnesses, or motorists who may have been in the area and have dashcam[6] footage, to please come forward.
“You can call police on 101, quoting incident 0538 of 21 May, 2024.”
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A Police Scotland[7] spokesperson added: “Road Policing officers in Dumfries and Galloway are appealing for information following a fatal crash on the A75 near Glenluce.
“The incident took place around 6.45am on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024. It involved a white Peugeot Partner van and a stationary Volvo paver machine.
“The driver of the Peugeot, a 49-year-old man, was taken to Galloway Community Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.”
A Scottish Ambulance Service[8] spokesperson said: “We received a call at 0642 hours today to attend an incident on the A75.
“We dispatched two ambulances, our trauma tram and an air ambulance to the scene.”
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The driver was raced to Galloway Community HospitalCredit: SUPPLIED
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An air ambulance was also called to the sceneCredit: SUPPLIED
References
- ^ collided with the stationary Volvo road-paving vehicle on the A75 near Glenluce (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
- ^ Cops (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
- ^ police (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
- ^ ambulance (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
- ^ Hospital (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
- ^ dashcam (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
- ^ Police Scotland (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
- ^ Scottish Ambulance Service (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)