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Family mourn 'gentle and loving' grandfather, 84, who died alongside a 20-year-old in a Bathgate crash during Storm Boelo

The B708 Lower Bathville road in Bathgate, where a three-car collision during Storm Boelo also killed 20-year-old Arran Callander, whose sister Angela said: "It's like I'm dreaming.
The B708 Lower Bathville road in Bathgate, where a three-car collision during Storm Boelo also killed 20-year-old Arran Callander, whose sister Angela said: "It's like I'm dreaming.

Jim McCollum, 84, died at the scene of a three-car collision on the B708 Lower Bathville road in Bathgate at around 12:15pm on Sunday, October 25, during Storm Boelo. He and Arran Callander, 20, the BMW driver, were both killed; a 19-year-old BMW passenger was taken to hospital, while two others in a Citroen Saxo were assessed at the scene.

Arran Callander's sister Angela said: 'I want to see you again — it's like I'm dreaming.'

A third Storm Boelo victim, a man of 29, was killed separately when a fallen tree crushed his car in high winds.

Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage from the Bathgate crash site.

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