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Second person dies a week after car crashes off motorway flyover

Jean Dennis from Maidenhead died after the crash near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway last Wednesday.

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A woman has died almost a week after the car she was travelling in crashed off a motorway flyover and landed on the road below.

Jean Dennis, 69, was a passenger in the silver Volkswagen Golf 5 that crashed around 3.15pm last Wednesday 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.

Jean Dennis
Jean Dennis died in a Glasgow hospital on Tuesday morning (Police Scotland/PA)

Mrs Dennis was said to be in a critical condition and died at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on Tuesday, Police Scotland said.

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 dashcam is asked to contact officers via 101, quoting incident number 2105 of 26 September 2018.”

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