Woman dies after Forth Valley motorbike crash

This evening police confirmed that the woman who was injured in the incident on Sunday, August 30 at the Pirnhall Stirling Services died yesterday.

They have named her as 57-year-old Shirley-Ann Barnes from Kilmarnock.

She was riding her Yamaha Virago at Pirnhall Stirling Services roundabout when the vehicle left the road near the junction for the A872 around 4.45pm.

Emergency services attended and the woman was taken by ambulance to Glasgow hospital for treatment but sadly passed away four days later

The family released the following statement: "We have so much hurt in our hearts, but at this sad time, we find comfort in how much Shirley-Ann meant to so many people, especially in the biking community.

"She will continue to ride with everyone still, she will be so very missed.”

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