Forres town centre traffic diverted for hours following an accident that resulted in an upturned car

Published: 12:09, 16 April 2025

A patient was taken to hospital following a road traffic accident in the centre of a town that resulted in a car on its roof.

Traffic was diverted for nearly three hours as the emergency services dealt with the aftermath of the incident on St Catherine’s Road, Forres during rush hour yesterday.

Both cars involved in the accident - clear damage can also be seen to the blue vehicle.

Emergency service personnel checking on the welfare of someone who may have been involved in the incident.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 5.25pm on Tuesday, April 15, we received a report of a crash involving two vehicles at St Catherine's Road, Forres.

“The Scottish Ambulance Service were contacted.”

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson added: “We received a call at 5.29pm to attend a two-vehicle road traffic collision at the junction of Thornhill Road and St Catherine’s Road.

“An ambulance was dispatched to the scene and one patient was transported to Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin.”

The road was reopened at around 8.10pm.

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