A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a two-vehicle collision near Aviemore.
The incident involving two vans occurred on the A95 at the junction with the A9 and the B9152 at Granish shortly after 7.30am this morning.
Two people were taken to Raigmore Hospital by ambulance including one male passenger who sustained serious injuries in the crash.
Police were dispatched to the scene following initial reports of the collision, just yards from the A9 trunk road, around 7.40am.
A police spokesman said: “Police were called at 7.40am this morning to reports of a two vehicle collision. Ambulance attended and one male passenger was taken to Raigmore Hospital with serious injuries. The road is expected to be closed for some time while enquiries are ongoing.”
Two ambulances were conveyed to the scene to assist all injured parties before transferring two injured occupants north for further treatment.
An ambulance spokesman said: “We received a call at 0744 hours today to attend a road traffic collision on the A95. We dispatched two ambulances and one BASICS doctor to the scene. We transported two patients to Raigmore Hospital.”
The road remained closed for more than four hours before being reopened to motorists shortly before noon.