One taken to hospital after single-vehicle A96 crash

The single-vehicle crash happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Author: Vanessa WalkerPublished 19th Mar 2025

One person has been taken to hospital after a single-vehicle crash on the A96 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Two ambulances and two fire appliances were called to the scene at Cairnie, between Huntly and Keith, at around 2:40am.

Fire fighters rescued one person from the vehicle and they were passed into the care of the ambulance service who transported them to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 2.40am on Wednesday, 19 March to reports of a road traffic collision involving one vehicle on A96 outside Huntly in Aberdeenshire.

“Operations Control mobilised two fire appliances to the area. Firefighters extracted one casualty from the vehicle and handed them into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

“Crews then ensured the area was safe before leaving the scene.”

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 02:43 to attend a single-vehicle road traffic collision on the A96 at Cairnie. Two ambulances were dispatched to the scene and one patient was transported to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.”

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