A man's died after his car crashed in Torphins

The 64 was pronounced dead at the scene

Police are working establish when the fatal one-crash happened in Torphins
Author: Anita StrattonPublished 30th Nov 2024

A 64 year old man's died after his car crashed in a rural road in Aberdeenshire.

The crash is believed to have happened between 11.15pm on Thursday, 28 November and 6.30am on Friday, 29 November, 2024 on an unclassified road which extends between the A980 at Torphins to the B9119 at Tornaveen and involved one car, a black Skoda Octavia estate car.

Emergency services attended and the 64-year-old male driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sergeant Pete Henderson said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.

“We would ask anyone who may have seen this vehicle to get in touch. We believe the car’s journey may have started in Edzell around 10.30pm on Thursday, 28 November and may have taken the route over the Cairn O’ Mount B974. If you have dash-cam footage that could assist with our investigation then please contact us.”

Anyone who can help is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0454 of Friday, 29 November, 2024.

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