Man aged 81 dies after Orkney road crash

An 81-year-old man has died after a crash in Orkney.

The two-car accident, involving a red Honda Jazz and a brown Citroen Berlingo, happened on the A966 Finstown to Evie road, near Tingwall jetty at about 16:00 on Sunday.

Patrick Allan, of Kirkwall, a passenger in the Honda, later died in hospital.

The 76-year-old female driver of the Honda and the 65-year-old female driver of the Citroen were taken to hospital but later released.

Police Scotland appealed for witnesses to the crash or for anyone with relevant dash-cam footage to get in touch.

Sgt Angus MacLeod said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mr Allan and our inquiries are continuing into the crash".