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| Five dead after major crash on A9 | Five dead after major crash on A9 |
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| Five people have died in a crash on the main road from Perth to Inverness in the Highlands. | |
| Emergency services 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 road in a week. Last weekend a man and his granddaughter died in a four-vehicle crash near Dalwhinnie. | |
| Parts of the road have a reputation as being amongst the most dangerous stretches of trunk road in the UK. | Parts of the road have a reputation as being amongst the most dangerous stretches of trunk road in the UK. |
| Last week, the deaths of Paul Anderson and his granddaughter Samantha Jane Carr in a crash involving four vehicles led to renewed calls for the A9 to be made a dual carriageway to improve safety. | |
| Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser said there was a "compelling case" to upgrade the road. | |
| It is believed the latest crash occurred on a stretch of single carriageway close to the Slochd summit. |