A 90-year-old man has died after a car crash in the Highlands.
Police are appealing for information on the collision, which happened at around 2.25pm on Wednesday on the northbound A9 near Ralia.
Officers said that two cars were involved in the incident: a Peugeot Boxer and a Ford Fiesta.
At the time, Traffic Scotland said the A9 has been closed in both directions at Newtonmore “due to a road traffic accident”.
Emergency services attended and a 90-year-old man, who had been standing at his stationary Ford Fiesta at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Peugeot was uninjured.
Road Policing Sergeant Chris Donaldson said: “Enquiries into the circumstances of this collision are ongoing, and I would ask anyone who was in the area at the time and may have seen this crash to please contact us.
“I would also appeal to anyone with dash-cams to check their footage for anything that could assist us.
“Anyone with information is urged to contact 101 quoting reference number 1924 of March 20.”
The A9 between Perth and Inverness, where the accident occurred, has been called Scotland’s most dangerous road.
The number of people killed in crashes on the route rose to its highest level in 20 years in 2022. Thirteen people lost their lives on the 112-mile stretch.
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