Assault linked to fatal road crash on South Road, Fraserburgh A road crash in which a man was killed after being hit by a Mercedes and an incident where a man was attacked are linked, police have said. The accident involving a silver Mercedes happened on South Road in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire at about 6pm on Friday. The man, who is foreign, died at the scene while the woman driver was not injured. At the same time police were called to an incident were a male had been assaulted on the same stretch of road. Officers said they are treating the two incidents as separate but linked. A 20-year-old man has been reported in relation to the assault and is expected to appear at Peterhead Sheriff Court on Monday. A spokesman said: "Police Scotland were alerted to an incident in the South Road area of Fraserburgh at approximately 6pm on Friday 20th December where a man had been assaulted. At the same time, Police were also alerted to a road traffic collision which sadly resulted in one fatality. The fatal road traffic collision is being treated as a linked but separate incident to the assault and police are appealing for witnesses to the collision to come forward. Police would particularly like to speak with the driver of a light coloured car, who spoke with the deceased prior to the incident near to the Gray and Adams premises on South Road.