TWO men have died after a car came off the M9 motorway and ended up in a field.
The incident happened near Plean around one mile east of the Bannockburn Interchange at around 6.50am yesterday.
Police said that a grey Toyota Hilux-type vehicle travelling eastbound left the road, coming to a stop in a field.
Two men were pronounced dead at the scene while a third man was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital with minor injuries. The road was closed between junctions eight and nine for around 10 hours while police carried out investigations at the scene.
Officers are now appealing for witnesses and asked anyone with information to contact them.
Sergeant David Marr, of Police Scotland's road policing unit based at Stirling, said:
"I would ask anyone who was on the M9 immediately prior to the collision, or who witnessed what happened, to get in touch as soon as possible.
"I also would appeal to anyone who may have dashcam footage of the incident to come forward to assist with our investigations.
"Similarly, anyone with other information relevant to the inquiry is asked to contact us as soon as possible."
Those with information are asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 902 of 17 March, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here