Woman dies, man injured after A96 crash

A woman has died and a man has been airlifted to hospital following a crash on a major road.

The collision on the A96 Inverness to Forres road happened near Brodie at around 6am yesterday. A silver pick-up truck and a small grey car were involved in the crash.

Police Scotland said a 76-year-old woman was fatally injured in the collision. A 25-year-old man was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by helicopter, having suffered “significant injury”, officers said.

The road was closed for ten hours after the crash.