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| Three people killed in A68 road crash | Three people killed in A68 road crash |
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| Three people have been killed in a two-car crash on the A68 in the east of Scotland, police have confirmed. | |
| Lothian and Borders Police said the incident happened south of the junction with the B6458, near Pathhead in Midlothian, just after 07:30. | Lothian and Borders Police said the incident happened south of the junction with the B6458, near Pathhead in Midlothian, just after 07:30. |
| One of the cars was carrying five people and ended up on its roof. | One of the cars was carrying five people and ended up on its roof. |
| Its female driver managed to get out before emergency services arrived and fire crews cut one man free. The three other passengers died at the scene. | |
| The male passenger who was freed has been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with serious injuries. | |
| Nobody in the other vehicle was injured. | |
| Police said the A68 had been closed near the scene of the crash. | |
| On Sunday, a man and a woman died in a head-on crash about 10 miles from the A68 incident. | |
| It happened on the A697, in Carfraemill in the Scottish Borders, at about 14:55. |