Tribute has been paid to former councillor Barbara Vaughan who has died following a road accident on the A9.
Mrs Vaughan, who stepped down from representing the Strathtay ward on Perth and Kinross Council at the last elections, was injured on Friday.
The car in which she was travelling plunged down an embankment between Killiecrankie and Blair Atholl following an accident involved a lorry and three cars.
She was airlifted to Ninewells Hospital by Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance but later died.
Fellow Conservative, MSP Murdo Fraser, said it was with “great sadness” that he heard of her death.
“Barbara served communities in Tayside over many years in public service, firstly on Tayside Regional Council, where she was an energetic and engaged convenor of education, and more recently on Perth and Kinross Council where she represented the Strathtay ward, retiring at the local elections in May,” he said.
“Barbara had a life-long passion for education, for which she was honoured with the award of an OBE.
