Corpach Crash: Man and teenager who died in car fire near Fort William named

Emergency services were called to a vehicle fire on Saturday, February 21, around 3am on the A830 at Corpach.

The fire service attended and the blaze was extinguished.

Following further enquiry, it was established that the car, a blue Vauxhall Astra, was involved in a single-vehicle crash around 1.45am.

A man and a teenage boy were discovered inside the vehicle once the crews had extinguished the blaze.

The two people who died have now been named as David Allan Mackay, aged 44, and Kai Mathieson, aged 16, from the Corpach area.

Enquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances of the incident.

The A830 Fort William to Mallaig Road was closed for more than 12 hours following the accident.

Sergeant Calum MacAulay said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the people who died in this crash. We ask that their privacy is respected at this time.

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“I would again appeal to anyone who was driving on the A830 in the early hours of 21 February, and hasn’t already spoke to police, to please come forward.

“If you witnessed anything which may help or have relevant dash-cam footage around the time, we ask that you contact us as soon as possible.”

Anyone with information is urged to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting reference 0389 of February 21.