A tractor and van collided near Inverness Airport, blocking the busy A96 for four hours.
Emergency services were called to the crash on the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen road, at Drumine, at about 11am.
Fire crews from Nairn, Inverness, Forres and Dingwall were sent to the scene.
One person has been cut free from their vehicle. It is not yet clear the extent of their injuries.
The road was closed in both directions from 11am to 3.30pm.
A police spokesman said: “Around 11am on Tuesday October 4, police were called to the A96 between Dalcross and Nairn, following a report of a two-vehicle crash. Emergency services were at the scene and diversions were in place.”
A fire service spokesman said: “We were alerted at 11.02am on Tuesday October 4 to reports of an incident involving a van and a tractor on Station Road, near the B9006.
“Operations control mobilised five appliances and specialist resources to the area.
“One casualty was extricated from the vehicle and handed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.”
An ambulance service spokesman added: “We received a call at 10.56am today to attend an incident on the A96. We dispatched seven crews to the scene and transported one patient to Raigmore Hospital.”
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