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Man suffers serious head injury in city accident

Police said there were no injuries
Police said there were no injuries

A pedestrian is in a critical condition in hospital after being struck by a car on a north-east road.

The man, in his 30s, had been walking on Aberdeen’s Ellon Road Bridge, at the Bridge of Don, shortly before 10.30pm on Saturday when the accident happened.

Just an hour earlier, another man was knocked down on Great Northern Road in the city. His injuries were not believed to be serious.

Meanwhile, a horse was killed after it was struck by a car on the A944 Aberdeen to Alford road near Sauchen the same day.

The animal had to be put to sleep following the incident just west of the village, whilst the women driving the car had to be treated by paramedics.

Emergency services attended the Bridge of Don footbridge accident within minutes of receiving concerned 999 calls, and the man was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “The ambulance service was on scene within two minutes of the call coming through to the control room which is a very quick response.

“A mobile ambulance car just happened to be in the area and it was immediately dispatched to the casualty by north control.”

She confirmed the casualty suffered a serious head injury.

The road was closed for several hours while officers investigated, but has since been reopened.

A police spokesman said inquiries were ongoing into what caused the accident.

A man was also struck by a car close to the White Horse Bar on Aberdeen’s Great Northern Road around 9.30pm on Saturday.

The casualty was taken to hospital by ambulance after sustaining “non life-threatening” injuries.

Around 4pm that day, Aberdeenshire emergency services were called near Sauchen after a car collided with a horse.

The car the female motorist had been travelling in had to be uplifted because of the damage caused, and the road was closed for several hours following the incident.

It is understood noone was riding the horse at the time.

A police spokeswoman said: “The horse was put to sleep at the scene.

“The driver was quite shaken up by it. The road was closed for a short time to deal with the horse and the recovery of the car.”

An ambulance spokesman added: “We treated one female adult at the scene who did not require hospital treatment.”