Remnants of M9 crash present during family visit to site
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Lamara Bell and her partner John Yuill were found inside their car after it crashed down an embankment off the M9
Remnants of a car crash that killed two people were present during a visit to the site by one of the victim's families a year later, an inquiry heard.
John Yuill, 28 and his partner Lamara Bell, 25, died after their car crashed off the M9 near Stirling in 2015.
They lay undiscovered in the car for three days despite a member of public reporting the crash to police.
The evidence phase of the fatal accident inquiry is now complete.
The fifth joint minute in the inquiry recorded that just over a year after the crash a search was carried out of the north embankment on the north side of the M80 at Pirnhall Road, Stirling.
This followed a visit to the site by Ms Bell's family in July 2016 on the anniversary of the collision where remnants of the blue Renault Clio involved in the crash were still present.
The car was undiscovered for three days after a police control room operator failed to log a 101 call reporting the incident.
Mr Yuill was found to be dead and Ms Bell died later in hospital.
The joint minute also recorded that following a case conference on 6 July, 2015 a police officer tried to ascertain if there was any way of obtaining data from the A9 average speed cameras or associated areas.
At this point, both John Yuill and Lamara bell had been reported missing.
Police near the scene of the 2015 crash
The officer was advised that there was no live stream of information from those cameras, but a retrospective request could be made for data if these cameras had been activated.
Submissions will be made by all parties represented at the inquiry on 21 December.
Sheriff James Williamson will consider all the evidence submitted and make his determination at a later date.
The sheriff said he would address the delays in the fatal accident inquiry proceedings in his recommendations.