999 airlift after car smash on notorious road
stop-off point for motorists on the road, which is Scotland’s main route north.
A member of staff, who did not wish to be named, said: “One of my colleagues took a walk to the scene as we had no idea what was happening.
“They could see a lot of debris from the cars. The whole scene looked in quite a mess. The police were stopping cars there so that they could deal with a casualty on the road.
“We know there was an air ambulance on scene – it’s an awful incident.”
The road does not have motorway standard junctions and is notorious after a string of serious crashes over the years.
Pol ice, f ire services and paramedics all attended.
The road was closed in both directions as emergency workers helped the victims.
A pol ice spokesman said: “Emergency services were contacted at around 3.45pm.
“Three young children were in one of the vehicles – one is being taken to hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries, aanother by ambulance while aanother is being assessed at the sscene.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue sspokeswoman said crews had bbeen called to reports of a vehicle oon fire at the scene.
She added: “Three f i re appliances attended, one each from Kingussie, Aviemore and Newtonmore.
“Two vehicles were involved and one of these was on fire.
“This was extinguished and there were no reports of any people trapped inside.”
She said the incident ended by 4.20pm although crews remained on site to ensure the area was safe.