UPDATE: Fatal Crash, SH73, Kirwee

A second person has died following a two-vehicle crash on West Coast Road (Sh73), Kirwee, last week.

Police were called about 9:30pm on Thursday 3 October. One person died at the scene and the person travelling with them was critically injured but sadly died in hospital the day after the crash.

The sole occupant of the other vehicle is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

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