A BABY boy was the sole survivor of a two-car crash on the A9
yesterday which killed a young couple believed to be his parents and
another motorist.
The accident happened just before 11.25am amid roadworks at Blackford,
north of Dunblane. A spokesman for Tayside Fire Brigade said it was the
worst crash he had seen in the area.
Fire crews had to cut the victims from the wreckage and a doctor
prounouced them dead.
The couple, who have not been named, were thought to have been
travelling south in a Ford Orion with the baby in the back of the car
when they collided with a northbound BMW just inside a contraflow lane.
The driver of the BMW, an elderly man, was also killed.
The baby was pulled injured from the wreckage of the Orion and taken
by ambulance to Perth Royal Infirmary. A hospital spokeswoman said last
night that his condition was satisfactory.
Tayside Police, who are trying to establish the cause of the crash,
said the names of the dead were being withheld until relatives had been
informed.
The Fire Brigade spokesman said there had been a number of accidents
in the area but none as serious as yesterday's.
''We've been out to that part a few times, but they have been shunts
from behind, nobody has been trapped,'' he said.
The roadworks have been in place for some time to widen the road to a
dual carriageway.
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