Motorcyclist dies in hospital two days after crash with lorry

A man has died in hospital after his motorcycle crashed with an HGV in Angus on Monday.

At around 11.25am on July 24, emergency services rushed to the crash between a Kawaski motorbike and a Renault HGV on the B9113 at the Pitkennedy crossroads, near Forfar.

The 26-year-old motorcyclist was rushed to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee by ambulance.

Police confirmed that he had died while in hospital in the early hours of Wednesday July 26.

He has now been named as Darian Baird, from Brechin.

The 47-year-old male driver of the lorry did not require hospital treatment.

Sergeant Gordon Dickson, from Tayside Divisional Road Policing Unit, said: “Our thoughts are with Darian’s family and friends at this difficult time.

Our enquiries remain ongoing and I would urge anyone with information which hasn’t yet been passed to police to contact 101 with reference number 1079 of July 24.”