A 73-year-old woman has been killed in a crash involving a car and a bus on the A9 north of Carrbridge.
Emergency services were called to the scene, 17 miles south of Inverness, at around 7.45pm on Friday.
A silver Audi A4 and a white Volvo B12 single coach were involved in the collision.
The female driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
Eight coach passengers were taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness by ambulance to be treated for minor injuries.
They have all now been released.
Police appeal
Police are appealing for information from the public to establish the full circumstances of the crash.
Sergeant Neil MacDonald said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the woman who died and our inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what happened.
“I am appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who has dash-cam footage that could assist with our investigation to get in touch.
“Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 3350 of Friday, 16 September, 2022.”
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Road closed for eight hours
The fire service received the call to assist police and ambulance teams on the Inverness to Perth road at around 7.55pm.
Teams from Inverness, Grantown-on-Spey and Aviemore were called to assist with the first appliance arriving on scene near Slochd summit at around 8.15pm.
One fire appliance from Aviemore remained on scene assisting in making the vehicles safe and helping to clear debris until 2.36am.
The road was closed for around eight hours while collision investigation work was carried out.
It reopened at 4am on Saturday.