Police Appeal Over Fatal Crash Man

Police are hunting for a man who left the scene of a car crash which killed a woman.

Faranza Kousar, 39, from St Andrews Street in Glasgow, died after the accident yesterday, which involved a white Mercedes Sprinter van and a silver Toyota Avensis car.

The incident took place on the northbound A74 (M) just north of the Eaglesfield junction.

The dead woman is believed to have been travelling in the Toyota with the man, who Police Scotland are still trying to trace.

He left the scene shortly after the accident and is thought to have received a lift from a lorry driver to the motorway service station at Johnstonebridge.

Police Scotland describe him as being about 30, of Asian appearance, 6ft, with dark hair with long sideburns.

He was wearing a black quilted Barbour style jacket over a dark jumper which had the letters FC in white on it. He was also wearing dark trousers and may have had a wedding ring.

The man, who may have suffered a head injury, was last seen at the petrol pumps and then at the main building at the services between 6am and 6.30am on December 22.

Officers from Police Scotland are appealing for anyone who can help in tracing him to contact them.