Man in court over New Year death crash

A MAN has appeared in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal road crash on New Year’s Day.

Stefan Sakatiuk, 34, from Fauldhouse, West Lothian, died when the silver Vauxhall Signum he was a passenger in left the B7015 Sheephousehill Road and hit a tree on the edge of the village on January 1.

Richard Whiteford appeared at Livingston Sheriff Court today.