Mother dies on A9, leaving kids without parents Print
Saturday, 28 November 2009 01:23
The latest crash on the A9, on Thursday the 26th of November 2009, shortly before Christmas, claimed two lives. Eleanor Campbell, 39, from Lochinver, and Douglas Keith, a 64-year-old company director from Inverness, died following the accident at Crubenmore near Newtonmore, Scotland.

No details have been released, the information so far is that there were 3 vehicles involved, two people in seperate cars died, Eleanor had two children in the car with her, her 2 year old girl and son aged 6, the children survived.

The accident happened on a two track road.

The A9 has been upgraded to dual carriageway in some places, and in some places a 2/1 configuration, cars are regularly seen passing over the continuing lines of the 2/1 configuration roads however from the single section, causing potential safety issues. So far, it looks like the A9 is not going to be upgraded to full dual carriageway.

The children are now orphaned, the father having died a short while back from an asthma attack.The children are understood to have been correctly seated in the car, the children are understood to have minor injuries.

Crubenmore is the location where, in July 2009, an accident claimed the lives of Paul Anderson (48) and four-year-old Samantha Carr, the accident happened where two lanes filter back into one.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 November 2009 01:47 )