Tourist killed pensioner in 'devastating accident' on A85

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Tourist killed pensioner in 'devastating accident' on A85
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The man was driving in the UK for the first time when he steered onto the wrong side of the road on the A85.

A holidaymaker driving in the UK for the first time killed a grandfather in a road collision just hours after collecting a hire car, a court heard.

Passenger Kenny MacKenzie, 79, died in the resulting collision and his driver wife Patti, 73, was seriously injured.Prosecutor Lauren Staunton told Falkirk Sheriff Court that the collision caused both vehicles to be lifted into the air.She said Huber had been trying to pull into a layby on the eastbound side of the road because his son was car-sick.The court heard Mrs MacKenzie, from Helensburgh, had no time to avoid the collision.

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