TRIBUTES have been paid to a "devoted husband and father" who has died after his car was involved in a collision with a van on a country road.
David Shields, 36, died at the scene despite efforts to save him following the head-on accident on the B981 between the former mining town of Cardenden and Cluny in Fife on Wednesday.
Mr Shields was said to be devoted to his family who have lived in Cardenden for many years.
In a statement issued through Police Scotland, they said: "David was a kind, caring and generous person. He was a devoted husband and father to his children, he loved life, people, and spending time with the people he loved and cared for.
"He will be sorely missed by his immediate and extended family and the many friends and colleagues who had known him during his all too short 36 years."
Local Labour councillor Mark Hood added: "My thoughts are with the man's family and friends at this difficult time."
Mr Shields was at the wheel of a blue Ford Fiesta when the collision happened with a yellow flat bed van at a bend in the road shortly after 6.45am.
The two people in the van, which belonged to East Lothian building firm Hart, suffered minor injuries.
Accident investigators start inquiries into the cause of the accident.
Meanwhile, a 63-year-old pedestrian has died after being struck by a skip lorry in Glasgow following a road crash in Maryhill, Glasgow, on Wednesday.
William Brown, who lived nearby, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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