Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Bereaved brother’s A90 call

Bereaved brother’s A90 call

A man whose pregnant sister was killed while trying to cross a north-east road junction has added his voice to calls for a flyover to be built.

Darren Ross has urged the Scottish Government to make improvements on the A90 near Laurencekirk as a matter of urgency.

The 38-year-old businessman’s sister, Linda, was killed after trying to join the northbound carriageway from the A937 Laurencekirk to Montrose road in October 2001.

The 27-year-old, from Montrose, was on her way to Aberdeen for a five-month scan when her vehicle collided with another car. She died at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee the following day.

Mr Ross, who regularly uses the A90 Aberdeen-Dundee road for business, said the incident, coupled with the death his younger brother, James, 17, two years earlier, left the family devastated.

The tragedies were too much for his father William to bear, and he committed suicide in 2002.

Earlier this week, the Scottish Government provoked fury by claiming a survey that identified the A937 as the most dangerous road in the country had no bearing on the case for a flyover.

Campaigner Jill Fotheringham said it was incredible that it could be marked as “high risk” by the Road Safety Foundation while Transport Scotland remained insistent that the danger was linked to the road itself and not the junction.

The government agency said it took road safety very seriously and had made improvements to the A90 near Laurencekirk and there had been no fatal or otherwise serious accidents at the southern junction to the town since 2005.

Mr Ross, who is from Aberdeen but now lives in Garlogie, Aberdeenshire, said: “Speed cameras and signs on the A90 have made people nervous and I absolutely hate seeing people waiting in the central reservation trying to cross – it sends a shiver though me.

“The government needs to build this flyover because people across the north-east are well aware of that junction and there is a reason for that.”

Mr Ross said he was grateful to Ms Fotheringham for the work she has done over the last nine years to campaign for a flyover because he “would not have the strength to do it”.