Person hospitalised after lorry crash on A9

A person has been taken to hospital after a lorry crash on the A9. Police, two ambulances and five fire crews, including a heavy lifting unit, rushed to the A889 junction at Dalwhinnie at around 12:30pm this afternoon. The crash involved a lorry and a car and the road ‘restricted in both directions’ for several hours.

The A9 has since reopened to traffic. The condition of the hospital patient is unknown. It’s the second serious A9 crash in just 24 hours.

A woman sadly died and four people remain in hospital following a collision near Carrbridge last night.[1]

Patient taken to Raigmore by ambulance

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 12:31 to attend a road traffic collision on the junction of the A9 and A889, Dalwhinnie. “We dispatched two ambulances to the scene and one patient was transported to Raigmore Hospital.” A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We have been at the scene of an incident on the A9 near Dalwhinnie.

“We were called by the ambulance service to reports of a collision between and lorry and a car. “Initially we did send units from Newtonmore, Aviemore, Pitlochry and Grantown. We also asked the heavy lifting unit from Perth to attend.

“But the crew from Newtonmore were first on the scene and put through a stop sign, so other units were stood down.”

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References

1. ^ following a collision near Carrbridge last night. (www.pressandjournal.co.uk)