A woman has described how she is still haunted by a split second decision which led to the death of her husband in a car crash.
Dr Mohammad Ali Hayajneh, 62, was killed on the A9 near the village of Newtownmore in the Scottish Highlands when his wife Ursula’s Jeep collided with the car of Andrew Houston.
Mr Houston, a leading solicitor from Edinburgh, is currently on trial for causing death by careless driving.
His wife, Abigail, and seven-year-old daughter Mia were also killed in the accident in July 2013.
Mr Houston and his elder daughter, Lily, were seriously injured.
He denies driving carelessly by crossing on to the opposite carriageway, into the path of a car driven by a Polish tourist, Zbigniew Suski, who had to take evasive action.
The charge states that Mr Houston’s Audi then hit Mrs Hayajneh’s car head on, causing the three deaths.
In court, Ms Hayajneh - from Duisburg, Germany - said she had had a split second to decide between steering left and hitting the Peugeot that was in front of her or trying to avoid the oncoming Audi by steering right.
She turned right but could not avoid the impact.
She said: “I saw the black car coming direct for me on my side of the road. I had no time to do anything.
“If I go to the left, I hit the small car, and I thought I had to go to the right side. It was happening fast and then I cried, ‘It’s too late.’
“If I had went to the left, my husband may have been alive today. But I would have hit the other car.”
Ms Hayajneh had arranged a golfing holiday in Scotland for her husband and the couple were travelling to Inverness after visiting Edinburgh and St Andrews when the crash happened.
Mr Houston denies the charges. The trial continues.
