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Two in hospital after early morning A75 crash near Creetown

Two in hospital after early morning A75 crash near Creetown

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Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash in the early hours of the morning which shut the A75 near Creetown.Emergency services were called out to the two-vehicle accident at about 02:15.The Scottish Ambulance Service said it had sent three ambulances and a trauma team to the scene.It said one person had been taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and another to Dumfries Infirmary.
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