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| Police name death crash pensioner | Police name death crash pensioner |
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| A pensioner who was killed in a road crash in Dumfries and Galloway at the weekend has been named as Eleanor Hawthorn, from Northern Ireland. | A pensioner who was killed in a road crash in Dumfries and Galloway at the weekend has been named as Eleanor Hawthorn, from Northern Ireland. |
| Ms Hawthorn died when the red Renault Modus she was driving had a head-on smash with a blue Tata Loadbeta pick-up van. | Ms Hawthorn died when the red Renault Modus she was driving had a head-on smash with a blue Tata Loadbeta pick-up van. |
| The collision happened on the A75 near Kirkcudbright at 1250 BST on Saturday. | The collision happened on the A75 near Kirkcudbright at 1250 BST on Saturday. |
| The 58-year-old van driver sustained serious leg injuries in the incident and is being treated in hospital. | The 58-year-old van driver sustained serious leg injuries in the incident and is being treated in hospital. |
| Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident, near the Tarff Bridge at Ringford. |