Elgin woman killed in fatal A96 crash in Moray

Police name 28-year-old killed in the three vehicle incident on Tuesday

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Published 29th Apr 2020
Last updated 30th Apr 2020

Police have named a woman killed following a three vehicle crash on the A96 near Fochabers on Tuesday.

28-year-old Leigh-Anne Wood from Elgin was driving a Peugeot 2008 which was involved in a collision with a red Audi A3 and a white Ford Transit van. She was the sole occupant.

Leigh-Anne's family have said: "We are devastated by the tragic loss of our beautiful, warm, fun loving, caring wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend to so many.

"The family would like to thank everyone who stopped and assisted at the scene of the accident and to all the Emergency Services for the compassion shown towards both Leigh-Anne and the family.

"Thank you to everyone for their well wishes and for all the messages of support."

28-year-old Leigh-Anne Wood

The collision happened on the A96 near Dramlachs, just over a mile south-east of Fochabers shortly before 8.40am.

The male driver and passenger from the Ford Transit suffered non-life threatening injuries, while the male driver of the Audi was uninjured.

Sergeant Scott Deans of the Road Policing Department said: "Our thoughts at this sad time are with the families of those involved in this collision.

We have spoken to several witnesses but would still like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision, has dash-cam footage of that area at that time, or if they have seen any of the vehicles involved near that location around the time of the collision, who has not yet come forward,

You can contact Police Scotland on 101 and quote incident number 0598 of 28 April.