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Emergency workers hurt in crash | |
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Two police officers and a paramedic have been injured in a crash between a police training vehicle and an ambulance. | |
One of the two officers was cut free after the crash on the A939 Tomintoul to Ballindalloch road, near the Lecht Ski Centre in Aberdeenshire. | |
The accident happened in the Grampian force area but the car belonged to Northern Constabulary. | The accident happened in the Grampian force area but the car belonged to Northern Constabulary. |
The ambulance was not carrying a patient. The road has been closed. | |
The police car was carrying four officers, while two paramedics were in the ambulance. | |
An air ambulance flew a female passenger of the police car to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. Two other officers who were in the car were taken to the same hospital by colleagues to be checked over. | |
A fourth police officer and the paramedic were taken by road ambulance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. | |
Training vehicle | |
Northern Constabulary said the conditions of the two officers taken to hospital by ambulance were not thought to be life threatening. | |
The force confirmed the car involved was a training vehicle. | |
A Grampian Police spokesman said: "A police car from the Northern Constabulary area was in collision with an ambulance around 1040 BST this morning. | |
"Two police officers and one paramedic sustained injuries as a result of the accident and Grampian Police officers are working with our colleagues in Northern to establish exactly what happened." | "Two police officers and one paramedic sustained injuries as a result of the accident and Grampian Police officers are working with our colleagues in Northern to establish exactly what happened." |
Last month, Northern Constabulary launched an investigation after two of its vehicles collided while responding to an emergency call. | Last month, Northern Constabulary launched an investigation after two of its vehicles collided while responding to an emergency call. |
The crash happened on Culduthel Road at its junction with Broom Drive in Inverness. | The crash happened on Culduthel Road at its junction with Broom Drive in Inverness. |
A police driver has been reported to the procurator fiscal. | A police driver has been reported to the procurator fiscal. |
The vehicles and a garden wall were damaged. No-one was injured in the collision. | The vehicles and a garden wall were damaged. No-one was injured in the collision. |