A MOTORCYCLIST has been killed in a crash in Dumfries and Galloway.
Scott McNicol, 24, of Glen- lochar Farm, Castle Douglas, died when his Suzuki bike crashed on the A713 Castle Douglas to Ayr road just after 6pm on Tuesday.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident just south of the junction with the B795 Garranton to Laurieston road. Meanwhile, another motor- cyclist was taken to hospital after a three-vehicle collision on the A835 Ullapool to Tore road near Aultguish on Tuesday.
The motorbike, a van and a car were involved in the incident at around 3:40pm. The 31-year-old motorcyclist was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness with serious injuries.
Another road crash victim was taken to Raigmore after being cut from a car following a two-vehicle collision on the A862 in Beauly on Tuesday.