Oil on road 'caused fatal crash'

Jul 9 2009

Spilled oil on a road caused a crash which killed an experienced firefighter responding to an emergency call, a sheriff has ruled.

John Noble, 46, was killed when the fire engine carrying him and four other firefighters left the road and hit a tree in Clackmannanshire.

The crew was heading to Strathdevon Primary School in Dollar on January 23 last year when the fire engine crashed on a bend on the A91 Stirling to Cupar road near Tillicoultry.