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Two taken to hospital following three-vehicle crash on A96

© Darrell Benns / DCT MEDIATwo taken to hospital following three-vehicle crash on A96

Two people were taken to hospital last night following a three-vehicle crash on the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the incident at Inveramsay Bridge, two miles north of Inverurie, just after 8pm.

A section of the road was closed for around four hours, and was reopened by police at 12.20am.

The two people who were taken to hospital after the incident were not in the same vehicle.

A police spokesman said at the time: “We were called out to the A96 two miles north of Inverurie at 8.10pm.

“It is a three-vehicle crash, with all emergency services in attendance.”

Two fire appliances from Inverurie, one from Kintore and a heavy rescue unit from North Anderson Drive were also called to the scene.

A fire spokesman confirmed they had been called to attend at 8.18pm.

They received a stop message at 9.43pm, with the appliances making the scene safe.

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Man, 18, dies in one-car crash near St Fergus

Man, 18, dies in one-car crash near St Fergus

A teenager has died and another is in critical condition following a horrific crash on a north-east road.

The one-car crash, involving a red Ford Fiesta, on the A90 Fraserburgh to Peterhead road between Crimmond and St Fergus gas terminal was reported at about 7.30am.

The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene with a 19-year-old man taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He remains in a critical condition.

Police have said there were no other people in the vehicle.

The vehicle left the road and came to rest down an embankment.

A collision investigation is currently being carried out and the road has remained closed.

Two road ambulances, an air ambulance and a trauma team were dispatched to the scene.

Police have now launched an appeal for information or dashcam footage of the vehicle.

Sergeant Chris Smith, of the road policing unit, said: “Our thoughts and sympathies remain with the family of the man who lost his life, as well as with the other young man who has been seriously injured.

“Our inquiries into the cause of the collision are continuing and I would ask anyone who saw anything to contact police as soon as possible.

“We believe the red Ford Fiesta may have travelled on the A90 Peterhead to Fraserburgh road at some point yesterday and we are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen it.

“I would also ask motorists who used the A90 anytime between yesterday evening (Sunday October, 4) and 7.30am this morning (Monday October, 5) who may have seen the red Fiesta or who may have been recording on dash-cam devices to check their systems and provide any relevant footage to us as soon as possible.”

Anyone with information should contact police on 101.

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WW2-era jeep owner 'gutted' after thieves use his own tools to steal 'pride and joy' from Aberdeen barn

© SuppliedThe stolen Willys Jeep
The stolen Willys Jeep

Brazen thieves moved a five-tonne forklift and used the owner’s own tools to break into an Aberdeen barn and steal an ‘immaculate’ WW2-era jeep worth around £30,000.

Willie Ellis has spent thousands doing up the Willys jeep, describing it as his “pride and joy”.

But the 63-year-old was ‘absolutely gutted’ to discover criminals had stolen the historic vehicle while he was away on holiday.

The Aberdeenshire plant manager has now offered a reward of £1,000 for the safe return of the vehicle, which has been spotted hundreds of miles away in Nottinghamshire.

Willie said: “I’m just absolutely gutted. I didn’t find out until the Friday because we’d been staying in a caravan.

“It was the landlord that found my doors open and knew there was something missing.

“I’m just gutted. I don’t know what’s happened to it. Somebody said they saw the jeep on the back of a trailer at Newark last night. The ports have been advised about it.”

To gain access to the vehicle, which was in a locked barn, thieves had to shift a five-tonne forklift truck, before burning through the locks with Willie’s own oxy-acetylene torch.

He said: “They pushed away a forklift truck which was blocking it in.

“A five-tonne forklift backed across the doors. I had the batteries out of it so I don’t know how they managed to move the thing.

“And they used my oxy-acetylene gear to get the doors open – they just burnt the locks off.”

Willie has researched his vehicle’s history and can even tell when it came off the production line in 1944.

The Willys MB was a workhouse of the allied forces during World War Two, with President Eisenhower once calling it “one of three decisive weapons the US had”.

Vehicles in the same condition as this one can sell for up to £30,000.

Willie said: “I’ve had it for maybe 15, 20 years. I’ve just been doing it up over the years and it’s just immaculate condition

“When I bought it, it was just a wreck. It was my pride and joy.”

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “We received a report of a break-in to a shed at Swellhead Farm, Blairs, Aberdeen on Thursday, August 27.

“The break-in is believed to have happened between Tuesday August 25 and Thursday 27 August at 12pm and a number of items were stolen including a World War Two jeep.

“Anyone with any information about the incident should contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident number 3499 of August 27.”

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