A man and a woman were taken to hospital following a vehicle crash in Orkney earlier today.
The A965 Kirkwall to Stromness road remained closed all day following the crash, which took place on the Kirkwall to Finstown road at 7.33am.
A police spokesman said: “Two people, a man and a woman, were taken to the Balfour Hospital in Orkney. The woman was then airlifted to Aberdeen hospital in a serious condition.”
The woman’s condition is not known.
The road was closed for several hours with a diversion in place.
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 7.43am to attend a road traffic incident on the A965 near Stromness.
“We dispatched two ambulances and two patients were transported to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall.”
Man and woman taken to hospital following Orkney crash
