Girl, 9, dies after collision with tractor and trailer in Scotland

Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances, Police Scotland has confirmed
Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances, Police Scotland has confirmed

A nine-year-old girl has died following a collision with a tractor and trailer in Scotland, police have confirmed.

Police Scotland said the girl was on a bicycle when the incident happened at Castle Place, New Cumnock on Monday (18 September).

She was pronounced dead by emergency services on the scene.

A police spokesperson said: “We received a report of a crash involving a tractor towing a trailer and a nine-year-old female on her bicycle on Castle Place, New Cumnock.

“Emergency services attended but the girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”