THE deaths of a man and his step-daughter in a head-on collision near Dalwhinnie have led to renewed calls for the notorious A9 to be upgraded to a dual carriageway.
Murdo Fraser MSP, the Scottish Tories' deputy leader, said there was a "compelling case on the grounds of road safety" for the road to be upgraded.
He added: "This latest tragic accident is just another reason why that work should be started as so
on as possible."
The man and his stepdaughter, who have not been named, were travelling from England for a family holiday in the Highlands when their car was hit by an oncoming vehicle.
A woman and another girl who were also travelling in the Hyundai 4x4 were taken to hospital, but their injuries were not said to be life-threatening.
Mr Fraser said the latest statistics showed that accidents were four times more likely to happen on stretches of the A9 which were single carriageway.
Meanwhile, police yesterday appealed for witnesses to another fatal crash in which a man died after his car hit a tree. Mark McDonald, 24, from Pollok, appeared to lose control of his vehicle in the accident, which happened on the Barrhead Road in Glasgow at 8:10am.
In a further incident yesterday, a 60-year-old man died after a crash on the M74 at Crawford in South Lanarkshire. The man lost control of his Toyota Landcruiser on the motorway at around 6:10am.
His passengers – his wife and two children aged 14 and 18 – were said to be uninjured.
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