James McWhirter died when his car hit a truck near Clachaneasy A driver who died in a crash between a car and a truck on a rural road has been named by police. James McWhirter, 59, died in the collision on the A714 near Clachaneasy, Dumfries and Galloway, on Friday. Mr McWhirter, a farmer from Lanarkshire, was driving a silver Honda when he crashed with a DAF truck. The driver of the truck, a 64-year-old man from Newton Stewart, was treated in hospital for a hand injury but was later released. The procurator fiscal has been informed of the death and police are continuing to investigate the cause of the collision.