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Laura Ferguson

Airdrie teenager Shane Dickson named as pedestrian who died in road crash

A teenager who died in a collision near Dunfermline has been named as 15-year-old Shane Dickson from Airdrie.

The crash happened at around 11.50pm on Saturday, March 5 and involved two cars, a coach, and a pedestrian on the A985 near Cairneyhill.

The vehicles had all been travelling eastbound when the pedestrian, Shane Dickson, was struck by the coach. It has been established that none of the vehicles collided with one another.

Emergency services rushed to the scene, but Shane was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin has been informed.

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The road was closed for around eight hours to allow a full collision investigation to take place.

Sergeant Colin Morrison, of Police Scotland’s Road Policing Unit, said: “Our thoughts go out to Shane’s family and friends.

“Although this happened late in the evening, we are appealing to anyone with any information surrounding the crash to come forward and speak to police.

“If you were driving in the area at the time and have any dash-cam footage that could assist with our investigation, please come forward.”

Police can be contacted by calling 101 and quoting incident 4335 of Saturday, 5 March, 2022.

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