Four people died in two separate motorbike crashes on Sunday – taking to eight the number of people killed on Scotland’s roads in less than 48 hours. Three bikers died in a crash involving two motorbikes – a Suzuki GSXR and a Kawasaki ZX1400 – on the A6088 in the Scottish Borders at about 14:30.
The riders, a 37-year-old man, a 29-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were pronounced dead at the scene between Bonchester Bridge and Carter Bar. A 29-year-old woman died in a separate crash 15 minutes later in Argyll and Bute.
Two earlier car crashes had claimed the lives of three young men in their 20s near Falkirk, and a 37-year -old man in South Ayrshire. Following the crash in the Borders, police said the road was closed but reopened at about 21:30.
Appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage, Sgt Barry Sommerville said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the three people who died. At around 14:45, police were called to another motorbike crash in Lochgilphead.
The woman rider was fatally injured while riding a white Ducati motorbike at the Kilmory roundabout on the A83.
She was with three other bikers at the time and was pronounced dead at the scene. The road was closed for around seven hours. Sgt Archie McGuire said his thoughts were with the family and friends of the woman who died.
Anyone with information on either crash is urged to contact police. A single-vehicle car crash near Falkirk on Friday evening claimed the lives of three men, aged 21, 23 and 24. On Saturday the 37-year-old driver of a Land Rover died after another one-vehicle crash on the B7035 near Girvan, South Ayrshire.
Source: BBC
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