Man found dead on Scots road side after lorry crash as major police probe launched…

COPS have launched a major probe after a body of a man was found at the side of a Scots road following a horror crash with a lorry. Emergency services[1] raced to the scene on the A85 near Oban after the alarm was raised at around 1.55am this morning[2].

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The incident where a man collided with an HGV in Oban’s George StreetCredit: Google Maps

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The body of a man was found around two miles outside Oban on the A85Credit: Google Maps

Officers were called to the Pennyfuir area after the dead man was discovered. It was established that the pedestrian had been involved in a collision[3] with a heavy goods vehicle in the town’s George Street earlier that evening.

He was found around two miles away from the site of the crash. The HGV and driver have been traced and enquiries remain[4] ongoing.