Traffic Scotland warns that A9 to remain closed 'for some time' following 'serious' one-vehicle crash southbound in Inverness
Register for free to read more of the latest local news. It's easy and will only take a moment.
EMERGENCY services are at a one-vehicle accident on the A9 between the Inshes flyover and Raigmore Interchange.
Police, ambulance and the fire crews are all at the scene.
A spokesman for the fire service said: "We were called at 4.15pm to a report of a one-vehicle road traffic collision on the A9, near to the Raigmore Interchange."
The A9 southbound is closed.
Traffic Scotland said: "Congestion is tailing back towards the Longman Roundabout."
Describing the crash as "serious", they warned that the road "is likely to remain closed for some time".
They added that as well as heavy traffic on the A9, there was also queueing traffic on the A96 on the approach to the Raigmore Interchange.Motorists have been told by police that they will have to safely turn around in a bid to clear the road.
One driver said: "I'm not sure what has happened but it must be serious because it will take hours to turn everyone around, including HGVs, and somehow get us off the A9 safely."
