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Boy, 4, and girl, 8, airlifted to hospital after serious crash between car and lorry on notorious Scots road

Boy, 4, and girl, 8, airlifted to hospital after serious crash between car and lorry on notorious Scots road

Scottish Sun17-07-2025
ROAD DRAMA Boy, 4, and girl, 8, airlifted to hospital after serious crash between car and lorry on notorious Scots road
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A BOY and a girl have been airlifted to hospital after a serious crash between a car and a lorry on a notorious Scots road.
Mercy crews raced to the A9 at Carrbridge, in the Highlands, after the alarm was raised around 2.20pm yesterday.
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The smash involved a car and a HGV at the junction with the A938.
The driver of the car, a 47-year-old man, was taken by road ambulance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment.
The passengers, an eight-year-old girl and four-year-old boy, were rushed to the same hospital by air ambulance.
All remain in a stable condition.
The driver of the HGV was not injured.
Following crash investigations, the road reopened around 11pm.
Enquiries remain ongoing to establish the full circumstances and officers are appealing for information.
Sergeant Kate Finlayson said: "We are aware members of the public stopped to help before emergency services attended. I'd like to thank them and ask any who have not already spoken to police to make contact with us.
"I'm also appealing to anyone else who saw what happened or has dash-cam footage from the A9 in the Carrbridge area around the time of the collision, to please come forward as it may assist our enquiries."
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting reference 1971 of 16 July.
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