Inquiries ongoing after two police motorcyclists taken to hospital following A9 crash

Police are carrying out inquiries after two of the force's motorcyclists were involved in a collision on the A9.

The incident happened on Friday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon were travelling in the area to announce Cromarty Firth had been selected by the Scottish and UK governments to become one of Scotland’s first so-called green freeports.

The crash happened on the slip road to the north-bound carriageway of the A9 at Inshes.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Two officers from the road policing unit were taken to hospital following a collision which happened on the A9 near Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, shortly before 9am on Friday, 13 January.

"They were later released and inquiries are ongoing into the crash."

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