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BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThree people who died at the weekend in a crash involving two motorbikes in the Borders have been identified by police.<\/p>\n Andrew Lartey, 29, and his pillion passenger Georgia Tate, 23, both from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, died in the accident between Bonchester Bridge and Carter Bar on the A6088 on Sunday.<\/p>\n The rider of a second motorbike, Jason Gibbon, 37, from Northumberland, also died in the incident. <\/p>\n They were among eight people who were killed in four road crashes across Scotland over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The families of Mr Lartey and Ms Tate have issued a joint statement via police.<\/p>\n “We are devastated by the loss of Georgia and Andrew, they will be sorely missed by all who knew them,” it said.<\/p>\n “We ask for our privacy to be respected at this difficult time.”<\/p>\n Mr Gibbon’s family said they had lost a “much loved son, brother, uncle, boyfriend and devoted friend to many”.<\/p>\n “He will be greatly, sadly missed,” they said in a statement.<\/p>\n “We are comforted by the messages from many.<\/p>\n “We would like to ask for privacy to allow the family to grieve at this very difficult time. “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sgt Barry Sommerville said the thoughts of Police Scotland were with the family and friends of the three people who died.<\/p>\n He said inquiries were ongoing and they were continuing to appeal for anyone with information to get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n The crash in the Borders was one of a number of fatal accidents on Scotland’s roads at the weekend.<\/p>\n Candice Adam, from Dalry in Ayrshire, died after her motorbike crashed on the A83 in Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute on Sunday.<\/p>\n Two earlier car crashes claimed the lives of three young men in their 20s near Falkirk, and a 37-year-old man in South Ayrshire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWeekend accidents<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n