Appeal for information following fatal crash on A90 at West Auchiries
A man has died following a crash on the A90 at West Auchiries, Cruden Bay, Peterhead on Friday, 17 January, 2025.
Around 1pm, police were made aware of a collision involving an HGV and a grey Toyota RAV 4.
Emergency services attended and the 53-year-old male driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. His family has been informed.
The driver of the lorry, a 47-year-old man, was not injured.
The road was closed for around 13 hours while investigations were carried out and reopened around 2am on Saturday, 18 January.
Road Policing Sergeant Eoin Maxwell said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man who died at this very difficult time as well as with the others affected by this collision.
“Our enquires remain ongoing to establish exactly what happened. I would ask anyone who was in the area around the time to contact us with any information, no matter how significant they believe it may be. If you have a dash-cam, please review your footage as it could prove significant to our investigation."
Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 1497 of 17 January, 2025.
