{"id":326675,"date":"2025-12-20T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326675\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:42:10","slug":"woman-dies-in-crash-and-four-taken-to-hospital-with-driver-arrested-in-fife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326675\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies in crash and four taken to hospital with driver arrested in Fife"},"content":{"rendered":"

A driver has died and four people have been injured after a two-car crash in Fife.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called around 11.10pm on Friday to the collision on the B981 between Cluny and the roundabout at Chapel junction.<\/p>\n

The crash involved a black Nissan Qashqai and a white Volkswagen Polo.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Polo, a 48-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

The three passengers within the Polo were taken to hospital for treatment, where one remains in a serious condition.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Qashqai, a 33-year-old woman, was arrested in connection with a road traffic offence.<\/p>\n

She was also taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

The road was closed to allow enquiries to be carried out and was reopened around 6.30am on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Sergeant Louise Birrell said: \u201cOur thoughts are with the family and friends of the woman who died at this extremely difficult time.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnquiries into the crash are ongoing, and I am appealing to anyone who was in the area and witnessed anything around the time to contact officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d also ask that those with private CCTV or dash-cam footage which may assist to please review this to see if it has captured anything of significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident 3935 of December 19, 2025.<\/p>\n

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