A collision at a notorious Perthshire junction has claimed a second victim.
Police have confirmed that 83-year-old Elizabeth Southwood, a passenger in a car involved in a collision at Tibbermore nearly two weeks ago, has died.
She was taken to Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, after the accident in which her friend, Rhoda Lawton (78), from Perth, was killed.
Another 82-year-old woman from their vehicle remains in hospital in a stable condition.
Mrs Southwood lived at Westerhill, Oakbank, Perth. Her children, Jill, Kirsty and Robert, said that as far as they are concerned the incident was a tragic accident and declined to comment on claims that the junction involved is dangerous.
Mrs Southwood had lived in Perth for 50 years, they said.
The accident happened on the unclassified road between Perth and Madderty at Tibbermore on Friday September 28. The driver of the other car, a 24-year-old woman, was treated for shock and three young children in her car were uninjured.
She was one of the people who called for action to be taken to improve the area where the collision took place.
”I was the other driver in this incident. I cannot feel any worse than I already do. That road is a very dangerous road and there should be something done about this,” she posted on the Tayside Police Facebook page following the accident.
A number of other people contacted The Courier to call for improvements to the visibility at the Tibbermore crossroads.
Claims that the crossroads were a scene of other recent ”near misses” were also raised with MSP Liz Smith.
She wrote to Inspector Julie Robertson of the road policing department to see if the area can be reviewed.
”While I know accident investigators are working very hard to establish the cause of the crash, I hope the signage and road markings at this junction can be reviewed,” she wrote.
”I was contacted by two residents who told me there have been several reports of previous ‘near misses’ at this crossroads in recent months and that there is an issue about poor visibility at the junction for drivers who have been travelling south through Tibbermore from the A85.
”Looking right towards Gloagburn Farm, it is particularly difficult to see oncoming traffic.”
Former paramedic Alastair McLean (52) also came forward to say that obstructed views due to overgrown hedges was an issue that required to be addressed.
The road was closed while road accident investigators examined the crash site.