A man is to stand trial accused of killing his girlfriend in a horror road smash.
Jamie Murray is alleged to have caused the death of Sara Louise Scott by driving without due care and attention on a rural road in north-east Fife.
He is accused of driving at excessive speed on the A92 between New Inn and Freuchie on November 5, 2010, losing control of his Seat Cupra car causing it to mount a verge.
Prosecutors say the car then went into a spin, repeatedly rolled over and collided with a verge on the opposite side of the road before landing on its side.
The charge against Murray alleges that Sara suffered severe injuries as a result of the crash, and that she died the following day at Dunfermline's Queen Margaret Hospital.
Murray, 22, of Queens Gardens, Ladybank, Fife, denies a charge of causing death by careless driving.
His defence lawyer, Alan Davie, told Cupar Sheriff Court: "He pleads not guilty to the charge. There are no special defences or defence witnesses currently cited. An expert report has been requested and received last week."
Sheriff Charles Macnair QC set trial for July, and ordered Murray to appear for a further pre-trial hearing later this month.
Speaking the day after her death, family and friends of Sara, 20, of St Andrews, paid tribute to the "fun loving, beautiful girl".
In a statment released through police, they said: "Sara Louise Scott was a much loved daughter, granddaughter, sister, partner, niece and friend. Her family are devastated at this time and will desperately miss the bubbly, fun loving, beautiful girl Sara was.”
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