Police name man killed as car plunges off motorway flyover
A woman travelling in the same car is in a critical condition following the incident in Dumfries and Galloway.
A man who died after the car he and a woman were in came off a motorway flyover and landed on the road below has been named by police.
The woman is in a critical condition following the crash, which happened at around 3.15pm on Wednesday afternoon on the A74(M) at the flyover of the A701 near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway.
Nicholas Dennis, 72, from Maidenhead in Berkshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The female passenger, a 69-year-old woman, remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Police are appealing for information about the single-vehicle crash, which involved a silver Volkswagen Golf 5.
Pc Lloyd Caven said: “We continue to carry out inquiries into the incident and have spoken to a number of witnesses, however, I would still like to hear from anyone who may have seen the vehicle travelling northbound on the motorway shortly before the collision at junction 15.
“Anyone with any information or who may have footage on their dash cam is asked to contact officers via 101, quoting incident number 2105 of 26 September 2018.”
