A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a horror crash that killed an elderly cyclist in Angus last year.
Emergency services were called to the incident involving a silver Ford Fiesta car and two bicycles on the B965, Friockheim to Arbroath Road, on June 26, 2023. Crews attended and the two cyclists, a 76-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman, were rushed to hospital.
Sadly, the woman died later that day. The driver of the car, a 26-year-old man, was arrested and charged in connection with the incident on Friday.
He is due to appear in court at a later date.
A statement from Police Scotland reads: “A 26-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash in Angus. Around 2.25pm on Friday, 16 June, 2023, police received a report of a road crash involving a silver Ford Fiesta car and two bicycles on the B965, Friockheim to Arbroath Road.
“Emergency services attended and the two cyclists, a 76-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman, were taken to hospital; however the woman died later that day. The driver of the car, a 26-year-old man, was arrested and charged in connection with the incident. He is due to appear at court at a later date.
“A report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.“
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