A WIDE area of Perthshire was searched by police looking for a missing couple after a farmer had reported their car had crashed into a field near Stirling, a fatal accident inquiry into their deaths heard yesterday.
Lamara Bell, 25, and John Yuill, 38, both from Falkirk, were returning from a camping trip near Lochearnhead, Perthshire, when their Renault Clio crashed.
It took police three days to visit the scene of the crash, in a field close to the M9 at Bannockburn in July 2015, after the accident was reported.
The inquiry, which began at Falkirk Sheriff Court yesterday, heard the pair had gone camping with three others, with John, who held only a provisional licence, supervised on the way out by a qualified driver.
But in the early hours of July 5 the "atmosphere changed", John became upset, and he left at about 1.20am with Lamara, who did not hold a driving licence.
Crown counsel Elaine Smith said that at 5.31am, the car was caught on a speed camera going 91mph on the A9 north between Auchterarder and Perth.
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