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Police name man killed in two-car crash on country road

Richard Webb A long straight on a rural road with a bend to the right at the end. There are hedgerows up either side and a house to the right.Richard Webb
The accident happened on the B721 road between Annan and Gretna

Police have named a man who died in a two-car crash near Dornock in the south of Scotland.

John Alexander Carruthers, 51, from the Annan area, was driving a grey Mini when it was involved in a collision with a black Range Rover.

He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened on the B721 between Annan and Gretna, at about 09:45 last Thursday.

The driver of the Range Rover, a 62-year-old woman, was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary with "non-serious injuries".

Anyone with information has been asked to contact police.