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| Man fined for triple fatal crash | Man fined for triple fatal crash |
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| A man has been fined for careless driving after three people - including two sisters - died in a head-on crash. | |
| Elena Putnam, 18, her sister Rachel, 20, and Rachel's boyfriend Mark Gardiner, 22, died in the crash on the B9022 south of Portsoy last July. | Elena Putnam, 18, her sister Rachel, 20, and Rachel's boyfriend Mark Gardiner, 22, died in the crash on the B9022 south of Portsoy last July. |
| Graham Reid, 45, of Portsoy, admitted careless driving at Banff Sheriff Court. He was fined £640 and banned from driving for six months. | |
| Relatives of the victims described a "sense of injustice". | |
| The three who died were all from Cullen. | The three who died were all from Cullen. |
| The accident happened when father-of-three Reid crossed onto the wrong side of the road, a move he was unable to offer any explanation for. | |
| No right-thinking person person can feel that the sentence of the court can give the families any sense of closure Gardiner family statement | |
| Irene Addison, mother of the sisters, said the tragedy devastated her family. | |
| Elena had returned home from Aberdeen because her sister was coming back from Italy. | Elena had returned home from Aberdeen because her sister was coming back from Italy. |
| The three were travelling back to Aberdeen when the crash happened. | The three were travelling back to Aberdeen when the crash happened. |
| Mrs Addison said of her loss: "I don't want anyone to experience what I have had to endure. | Mrs Addison said of her loss: "I don't want anyone to experience what I have had to endure. |
| 'Momentary lapse' | |
| "Whatever happened to the driver will not change my life. My children are dead, but people need to take responsibility for their actions. | "Whatever happened to the driver will not change my life. My children are dead, but people need to take responsibility for their actions. |
| "Every week something like this happens, particularly in the north east where young drivers are often blamed. However, all drivers need to examine their attitude to other road users." | "Every week something like this happens, particularly in the north east where young drivers are often blamed. However, all drivers need to examine their attitude to other road users." |
| The crash happened between a car and a van on the B9022 | |
| She added: "What Graham Reid did was terrible. He didn't go out intending to kill people. | She added: "What Graham Reid did was terrible. He didn't go out intending to kill people. |
| "He took away the lives of three honest, good, young people, who would never hurt anyone and who had worked so hard for their futures." | "He took away the lives of three honest, good, young people, who would never hurt anyone and who had worked so hard for their futures." |
| The Gardiner family said in a statement: "The grief is compounded by the sense of injustice the family has over the outcome of criminal proceedings. | |
| "The court can do little else given that the only charge before it was one of careless driving. | |
| "But no right-thinking person person can feel that the sentence of the court can give the families any sense of closure." | |
| The statement added: "We simply make a plea to anyone driving on the roads of Scotland to think about the fact that a momentary lapse of concentration can claim the lives of other road users." |