TRAGIC LOST: Tourist killed ‘bucket list’ Harley Davidson rider in A9 tragedy. Andrew McPherson.
Andrew McPherson died after being struck by motorist Die Huang, the high court heard.
A tourist killed a Harley Davidson biker heading to a “bucket list” ride after she drove on the wrong side of the on the A9 in Perthshire.
Motorist Die Huang, 51, collided with a Harley Davidson Breakout being driven by Andrew MacPherson.
He suffered catastrophic injuries after he was thrown into the air in the crash as he made his way to the North Coast 500 route in the Highlands.
Advocate depute Alex Prentice KC told the High Court in Edinburgh Mr MacPherson, 63, was a former train driver whose main interest after being medically retired was motorcycling.
He said: “The trip was on his ‘bucket list’… and he had talked about it for nearly a decade.
“He left behind a sister and brother-in-law, daughter, two sons and his wife.”
Chinese citizen Huang admitted causing the death of Mr MacPherson by driving dangerously on the A9, about three miles north of its junction with the B847 Calvine road on June 23 this year.
She failed to maintain proper observations when travelling southbound, tried to overtake another car and drove into the opposing lane but failed to complete the manoeuvre and remained in the wrong lane and failed to take evasive action despite oncoming traffic.
A9 tragedy
The court heard Huang was touring Scotland after arriving in the UK to visit her son who lives and studies in London.
He was injured in the crash, along with another passenger in her rented Hyundai.
