Police Name Fatal Crash Victims

A man and a woman who died in a motorbike crash on a country road near Crianlarich have been named by police.

James Whiteside, 59, and Jacqueline Hennessey, 54, died following the collision on the A85.

The crash happened at about 4.20pm yesterday when the Yamaha motorcycle they were travelling on was involved in a collision with a Volkswagen Golf.

Mr Whiteside, from Greenock, Inverclyde, and Ms Hennessey, of Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The 24-year-old male car driver was uninjured.

The incident followed the death of a 34-year-old biker in a crash on the same road between Loch Awe and Taynuilt around five hours earlier.

Police are asking for witnesses in both cases to come forward.

In the earlier crash, officers are appealing for any sightings of a silver Honda Fireblade motorcycle on the road before the crash.