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Five dead after major crash on A9 | Five dead after major crash on A9 |
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Five people are believed to have been killed in a road crash on the A9 in the Highlands. | Five people are believed to have been killed in a road crash on the A9 in the Highlands. |
Emergency service were called to the crash, involving two vehicles, at The Slochd, north of Aviemore, at about 1515 BST. | Emergency service were called to the crash, involving two vehicles, at The Slochd, north of Aviemore, at about 1515 BST. |
The ambulance service said five people had died and three were injured. | The ambulance service said five people had died and three were injured. |
It is the second fatal crash on the main Perth to Inverness road in a week. Last weekend a man and a girl died in a crash on the A9 near Dalwhinnie. | |
Parts of the road have a reputation as being amongst the most dangerous stretches of trunk road in the UK. |