Man named following fatal crash on A82 near Glencoe
A man has died following a serious crash on the A82 near Glencoe.
Around 11.15am on Thursday, 3 July, 2025, officers were called to a crash involving a Seat Leon car and a bus.
The driver and the passenger of the Seat were conveyed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment.
The passenger, an 18-year-old man, died in hospital on Tuesday, 8 July. He can be named as Jake Larmour.
His family has released the following statement: “Our beautiful baby boy Jake was taken from us after what was supposed to be one of the best days of his life. He’d been and climbed Ben Nevis which was a dream of his and was on his way home to tell us all about it.
“Words can’t describe how we are feeling, we were only celebrating his 18th birthday just over a week ago and now we are arranging his funeral. Please let us grieve as a family. Fly high our darling Jakey.”
The road was closed to allow for investigations and re-opened around 7.15pm.
Sergeant Ewan Calder said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Jake at this very difficult time.
“Our enquiries into this crash are still ongoing and I would urge anyone who was travelling on the A82 around 11.15am on 3 July and saw what happened to contact us.
“Likewise, if you saw either vehicle prior to the collision and have information which may assist our investigation, please get in touch.
“I’d also ask drivers with dash-cam footage to review this and bring anything of significance to our attention.”
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting reference number 1206 of 3 July, 2025.
