A woman has been charged in connection with a Mearns crash that killed two top Scottish scientists.
Stewart Rhind and Julian Dawson died after the car they were travelling in collided with another on the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen road, near Fordoun, on March 8 last year.
The Crown Office has now confirmed a 34-year-old woman has appeared in court in connection with the incident.
Elizabeth-Anne Leitch or Dixon, from Aberdeenshire, faces a charge of death by careless driving.
She made no plea during a private court hearing and was released on bail.
The case was continued for further examination, and she will reappear at a later date.
Dr Rhind, who was world-renowned for his work on animal reproduction, and environmental biogeo-chemist Dr Dawson, were travelling back to Aberdeen with another colleague from the James Hutton Institute agricultural research centre after a meeting when the accident happened just north of the Powburn junction.
Two air ambulances, four ambulances, two rapid response units, three fire crews and police were sent to the scene, but the pair could not be saved.
The driver of the silver Vauxhall Astra they were in and the driver of the other vehicle, a black Saab 9-3, were taken to hospital with fractures.
Dr Rhind was a father-of-two from Westhill while Dr Dawson was from Aberdeen.