Woman who died on A9 named as 73-year-old Philippa Grant
"A fun and loving mother and grandmother"
The woman who died after a two-vehicle crash on the A9 near Slochd on Friday has been named as Philippa Grant from Rothiemurchus.
The 73-year-old died after her silver Audi A4 collided with a white Volvo B12 single deck coach 17 miles south of Inverness at around 7:45pm.
Eight passengers from the coach were taken to Raigmore Hospital for minor injuries.
Philippa was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her family have issued the following statement:
“Philippa was a fun and loving mother and grandmother; a life force who will be hugely missed by our family, friends and all who came in contact with her.
“We will miss her terribly.
“She will be so fondly remembered for the energy and enthusiasm she ploughed into a career that spanned business, charity and tourism whilst bringing up a family.”
Sergeant Neil MacDonald said:
“Our thoughts are very much with her family at this very difficult time.
“Our investigation to establish the full circumstances of what happened is ongoing and we are appealing to anyone who can assist to please get in touch.
“If you have dash-cam footage or anything else that could help then please call us on 101, quoting incident number 3350 of Friday, 16 September, 2022.”