Inverness

OAP fighting for life and two in hospital after horror three-car crash on Scots road

AN OAP has been left fighting for her life and two people are in hospital after a three-car crash.

The harrowing smash happened on the A96 at the village of Auldearn in the Highlands at 4.40 on Friday afternoon.

Three people from one car were rushed to hospital

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Three people from one car were rushed to hospitalCredit: © JASPERIMAGE.COM
An OAP has been left fighting for her life

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An OAP has been left fighting for her lifeCredit: © JASPERIMAGE.COM

The collision[1] involved a Black BMW[2] Estate, red Toyota[3] Yaris and green Toyota Hilux towing a trailer.

Three people in the Yaris were rushed to Raigmore Hospital[4] in Inverness[5] after the crash.

A 74-year-old woman has been left in a critical condition after the incident.

Medics say another woman in the car, 51, is in a serious but stable condition.

cops[6] launched a probe into the incident.

It was reopened around 1am this morning, over eight hours after the crash.

Officers have pleaded with any witnesses or people with information to come forward.

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Sergeant David Miller said: “We are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances of this crash and are appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash or who was in the area around the time to contact us.

“In particular, if you have dashcam[7] footage that could assist with our investigation[8], please get in touch.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference 2631 of 15 December 2023.

The road was closed for almost eight hours

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The road was closed for almost eight hoursCredit: © JASPERIMAGE.COM

References

  1. ^ collision (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  2. ^ BMW (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  3. ^ Toyota (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  4. ^ Raigmore Hospital (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  5. ^ Inverness (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  6. ^ cops (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  7. ^ dashcam (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  8. ^ investigation (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)