25-year-old dies after crash between car and lorry in Aberdeenshire

Police are appealing for witnesses after the man was killed in an RTC on the A947 near Old Meldrum.

Author: Lewis MichiePublished 28th Jul 2021

A 25-year-old man has died after his car crashed with a lorry on an Aberdeenshire road.

The incident happened this afternoon (Wednesday July 28)

Around 4.40pm, officers were called to a two vehicle collision, involving a car and an articulated lorry, on the A947 Aberdeen to Old Meldrum road near to the junction with the A920 road to Ellon.

Emergency services attended and the 25-year-old male driver of the car died at the scene.

Road Policing Sergeant Scott Deans said: "Enquiries are underway to establish the full circumstances surrounding this collision and I would appeal to anyone who witnessed what happened to get in touch.

“I would also urge any motorists with dash-cam footage of the incident, who are still to contact police, to do so through 101, quoting incident number 2425 of Wednesday, 28 July, 2021."

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