A woman has gone on trial accused of causing the death of a man by driving carelessly.

Pauline Flynn allegedly crashed into another car after crossing on to the opposite side of the carriageway while driving along the A952 in Aberdeenshire on October 3, 2014.

The 36-year-old was driving into Aberdeen to pick up her boyfriend after he cancelled plans to travel out to her home in Mintlaw because of bad weather.

Henry McPherson, who was driving the other vehicle, died after his partner Patricia's Vauxhall Corsa left the road and crashed into a fence.

Prosecutors claim Mrs McPherson was also seriously injured in the collision.

Flynn, of Mintlaw, denied the charge when she went on trial at Peterhead Sheriff Court on Monday.

Witness Bradley Anderson, 25, told the court he came across the crash on his way to Fraserburgh to start a door steward shift.

The passing motorist said he slammed on his brakes after he drove round a corner because there were cars stopped on the road.

The Corsa had left the carriageway and was on a grass verge.

Fiscal depute David Bernard asked: "What did you notice about the car?"

He replied: "It was on its side. I think it was the fence that was holding it up."

The joiner said his first thought was that he had to head back along the road and stop an HGV lorry he had overtaken from "ploughing through everything".

He told the court he then returned to the vehicle on its side and looked in through the windscreen.

Mr Anderson noticed there was a female on the front seat and initially thought she had been the driver until he saw another person underneath her.

He said he could hear a woman shouting for help but there was no noise coming from the man in the car.

Mr Bernard asked: "What was the weather like?"

He replied: "It was quite bad, it was heavy rain most of the way from Aberdeen."

Daniel Harrison, who was dating Flynn, told the court he had arranged to travel to Mintlaw with his daughter to stay with his girlfriend for the weekend.

He cancelled the trip because it was getting too late for him to travel as he was working the next day and there was bad weather.

Mr Harrison said Flynn then made arrangements to drive in to collect him and was not happy because he had changed his plans.