Young woman dies in road accident days before 21st birthday
The family of Iona Duncan say "farming was in her blood"
A young woman who died in a crash on the A96 was just about to celebrate her 21st birthday.
Iona Duncan was killed in a two car crash on Sunday morning between Keith and Huntly.
A statement from her family described Iona as "popular'', and said she was planning on a birthday party on Saturday with friends and family.
Her parents Alex and Irene said: "Iona had been looking forward to moving in with boyfriend Grant Ireland and had big plans for the future. She had dreams to take on the family business at Easter Corrie.
"Farming was in her blood, that's the only thing you can say - it was in her. She loved animals from when she was young - sheep, cattle, everything.
"It's all she ever wanted to do. Quite often when we would go out we would get talking to people, Iona would just get to know them straight away.''
Miss Duncan, who had two brothers Craig and Christopher Dawson and sister Kim Turner, was brought up on the family farm and went on to gain a qualification in agriculture at the rural college at Craibstone near Aberdeen.
The former Keith Grammar School pupil, who was a music lover and sang and played the guitar, was also well known as one of the presenters on Keith's community radio station - where she shared her love for country music under the pseudonym 'the Corrie Quine'