Scottish teen charged in connection with fatal crash which killed two passengers
An 18-year-old has been charged in connection with a fatal road crash[1] in Stirling that killed two teenagers and left another in an Edinburgh hospital.
Emergency services raced to the collision involving a car and an HGV on the A91 between the Bannockburn Interchange and the Greencornhills Roundabout on Sunday, March 17. Paramedics attended but two young men were tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
The 18-year-old driver of the vehicle was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where medics described his condition as critical. Meanwhile, a 17-year-old female, who was in the front passenger seat was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh[2] for treatment and later released.
As the Record[5] reports, the 29-year-old male driver of the HGV was not injured following the crash. Officers investigating the incident have confirmed an 18-year-old male has been arrested and charged in connection.
A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
The backseat passengers who were tragically killed were later named by police as Jayden McConnell, 17, and Kyle Marshall, 19.
Kyle’s family released a heartbreaking statement as they paid tribute to the late teenager.
Join Edinburgh Live’s Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.[6]
The statement, which was released through Police Scotland, reads: “Kyle leaves behind his devastated mum Jenny and dad Gary, younger brother Hayden and sister Alix, his grans Janet, Eileen and Joyce, and girlfriend Lucy. He will be greatly missed by them and all his extended family, as well as his many friends and work colleagues.
“The family wish to thank everyone for their kind messages of condolence, and also want to thank all the emergency service staff involved in the aftermath of this dreadful accident.”
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a crash in which two people died on the A91 in Stirling. The crash, which involved a car and a HGV, happened on the A91 between the Bannockburn Interchange and the Greencornhills Roundabout on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
“Two male passengers from the car, aged 19 and 17, died at the scene. The 18-year-old man, the driver of the car, was arrested and charged.
“A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”
Sign up for Edinburgh Live’s newsletter
Get all the latest news and headlines from Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.
From breaking news[7] to the latest on the coronavirus[8] crisis in Scotland, we’ll have you covered.
The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent at 6.30pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories of the day.
To sign up to any of our newsletters, visit this link here[9].
References
- ^ fatal road crash (www.edinburghlive.co.uk)
- ^ Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (www.edinburghlive.co.uk)
- ^ West Lothian mum ‘terrified’ as tiny baby born three months early ‘fights for life’ (www.edinburghlive.co.uk)
- ^ Edinburgh police release image of man after ‘deliberate’ fire tears through flat (www.edinburghlive.co.uk)
- ^ Record (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)
- ^ Edinburgh Live’s Whatsapp Community here (chat.whatsapp.com)
- ^ breaking news (www.edinburghlive.co.uk)
- ^ coronavirus (www.edinburghlive.co.uk)
- ^ here (data.reachplc.com)