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| Stirling crash victims 'lay in car for three days after accident reported to police' | Stirling crash victims 'lay in car for three days after accident reported to police' |
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| A missing couple have been found in a crashed car – one of them dead, the other critically injured – three days after the accident was first reported to police. | A missing couple have been found in a crashed car – one of them dead, the other critically injured – three days after the accident was first reported to police. |
| Police Scotland said officers were called to the southbound M9 near junction nine where they recovered a Renault Clio which had come off the road. | Police Scotland said officers were called to the southbound M9 near junction nine where they recovered a Renault Clio which had come off the road. |
| The pair, John Yuill, 28, and Lamara Bell, 25, who were reported missing on Sunday. | |
| It later emerged that the police had received a call reporting a car off the road on Sunday morning but officers "failed to follow it up at the time". | It later emerged that the police had received a call reporting a car off the road on Sunday morning but officers "failed to follow it up at the time". |
| An investigation is being carried out into the incident by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner. | An investigation is being carried out into the incident by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner. |
| Mr Yuill and Ms Bell, who are from Falkirk, were reported missing after last being seen with friends in the Loch Earn area of Stirlingshire in the early hours of Sunday. | |
| Blue Renault Clio that John Yuill and Lamara Bell were last seen in Assistant Chief Constable Kate Thomson, of Local Policing East, said: "We believe that this is connected to the ongoing missing persons search for John Yuill and Lamara Bell. | Blue Renault Clio that John Yuill and Lamara Bell were last seen in Assistant Chief Constable Kate Thomson, of Local Policing East, said: "We believe that this is connected to the ongoing missing persons search for John Yuill and Lamara Bell. |
| "It has come to light that a call was made to police late on Sunday morning regarding a car which was reported as being off the road. For reasons currently being investigated, that report was not followed up at the time. | "It has come to light that a call was made to police late on Sunday morning regarding a car which was reported as being off the road. For reasons currently being investigated, that report was not followed up at the time. |
| "Officers have notified the families of this update. Our thoughts are with both families at this difficult time. | "Officers have notified the families of this update. Our thoughts are with both families at this difficult time. |
| "A full investigation is currently under way to establish the full circumstances of the incident." | "A full investigation is currently under way to establish the full circumstances of the incident." |
| Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |