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An American family touring the Scottish Highlands killed in a car crash

Bethany Dawson   

An American family touring the Scottish Highlands killed in a car crash
  • Father was killed alongside his sister and mother after they were involved in a crash with a truck in Scotland.
  • Jared Bastion, 45, and Mary-Lou Mauch, 75, were pronounced dead at the scene of the smash on August 10.

An Illinois family died while vacationing in Scotland after their car collided with a truck.

The family of three, identified as Kathryn (Katie) Bastion-Strong, 46, her brother, Jared Bastion, 45, a chef from Champaign, Illinois, and their mother, Mary-Lou Mauch, 75, experienced the collision near Newtonmore in Cairngorms Mountains in the east Highlands on August 10.

According to the family's GoFundMe, Basion and Mauch died at the scene, while a critically injured Bastion-Strong was airlifted to hospital, where she died three days later.

The Daily Mail reports that the truck driver, a 59-year-old man, was unharmed in the collision.

GoFundMe pages have been created for the families of Katie and Jared, who left behind six children and spouses.



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