ANOTHER person has died during Storm Arwen, after a tree was blown over by extreme winds in Aberdeen.
Police today confirmed that a 35-year-old male has died following an incident on the B9777 on Friday evening around 5:45pm.
The man was driving a Nissan Navara pick-up truck from Dyce to Hatton of Fintray road when his vehicle was struck by a falling tree.
Emergency services attended, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A full report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
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However, police officers had a lucky escape upon investigating the incident as another tree collapsed directly on their vehicle, but no officers were hurt.
Sergeant Craig McNeill, of the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Inverurie, said: “Our thoughts are very much with the man’s family and friends at this time.
“Officers responding to this crash had parked a distance away due to weather conditions.
“On returning to their van they discovered a tree had fallen on it. No-one was injured.”
It comes after the news of two deaths under the same circumstances were revealed earlier today.
Cumbria Police said a man from Lancaster died in Ambleside after a tree fell on him just before 11pm on Friday.
In Northern Ireland, a man was killed when his car was hit by a falling tree in County Antrim on Friday.
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The Met Office had previsouly issued a rare red warning for Storm Arwen approaching the east coast of the UK. The 'danger to life' alert ended in the early hours of Saturday morning, but a yellow warning for ice and wind remains in place until Sunday morning.
Police are also asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact 101, quoting referencing number 2999 of November 26.
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