A woman has been charged with causing the death of a former art teacher in a crash on one of the north-east’s busiest roads.
Harry McPherson died at the scene of the smash on the Toll of Birness-Mintlaw stretch of the A952.
His grey Vauxhall Corsa and a blue Ford Focus C-Max were involved in a collision on a series of bend near Clola.
Mr McPherson, 61, and his partner Patricia, 51, had been travelling north on their way home to Rora after dropping-off a friend in Ellon.
Ms McPherson was badly injured and had to be freed from the wreckage of the couple’s car by firefighters before being taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The 34-year-old woman who was driving the Focus suffered a broken leg and fire crews had to remove the roof of her car to free her.
The woman, who is from the Mintlaw area and was travelling towards Aberdeen, has now been charged with causing Mr McPherson’s death by careless driving.
The accident happened around 10.20pm on Friday, October 3.
Police, paramedics and firefighters from Peterhead and Maud went to the scene and the road was closed for more than 10 hours as crash investigators tried to piece-together what happened.
Mr McPherson was a former art teacher at Banff and Buchan College in Fraserburgh and had previously worked at the Press and Journal.
The investigation into his death was directed by the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit, which examines all sudden, suspicious, accidental and unexplained deaths.
Last night, a spokesman for the Crown Office said: “The procurator fiscal at Peterhead has received a report concerning a 34-year-old woman in connection with an incident on October 3, 2014.
“The report remains under the consideration of the procurator fiscal.”
A police spokeswoman confirmed the force had submitted a report in connection with the incident to the procurator fiscal.
It is understood no date has been set for the 34-year-old’s first court appearance.
Mr McPherson is survived by his partner and daughter Elaine.