Passenger dies in hospital after driver died at scene of two-car crash

On Sunday, police confirmed a 64-year-old passenger of the Polo died in hospital after the driver had died at the scene.

Passenger dies in hospital after driver died at scene of two-car crash in FifeiStock

A passenger has died in hospital two days after a driver died at the scene of a two-car crash in Fife.

Emergency services were called around 11.10pm on Friday to the collision on the B981 between Cluny and the roundabout at Chapel junction.

The crash involved a black Nissan Qashqai and a white Volkswagen Polo.

The driver of the Polo, a 48-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Sunday, police confirmed a 64-year-old passenger of the Polo died in hospital. One other passenger from the car remains in hospital.

The driver of the Qashqai, a 33-year-old woman, was arrested in connection with a road traffic offence.

She was also taken to hospital for treatment and later discharged.

The road was closed to allow enquiries to be carried out and was reopened around 6.30am on Saturday.

Sergeant Louise Birrell said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the woman who died at this extremely difficult time.

“Enquiries into the crash are ongoing, and I am appealing to anyone who was in the area and witnessed anything around the time to contact officers.

“I’d also ask that those with private CCTV or dash-cam footage which may assist to please review this to see if it has captured anything of significance.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident 3935 of December 19, 2025.

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