Man cut free from car and taken to hospital after crash near Cromarty Bridge
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A MAN had to be cut free by firefighters after his car left the road near the north end of the Cromarty Bridge on Tuesday night.
The fire service used specialist equipment to remove him from a vehicle.
Police, ambulance and fire were called to the scene, near the Ardullie roundabout joining the A862 to the A9, at around 6.50pm.
The crash did not block the road initially, but the A862 was closed later to allow recovery of the vehicle.
Once freed from the vehicle, the man believed to have been the sole occupant, was then removed by the Scottish Ambulance Service to Raigmore Hospital.
Police said today, Wednesday: "We were called around 6.50pm to a report of a one vehicle crash on the A862 at the Ardullie roundabout. One man was taken to Raigmore Hospital for treatment and the road reopened around 9.30pm.
“The car came off the road. The road was not blocked by the crash but it was closed around 7.20pm to allow for the vehicle recovery.”
A spokeswoman for the fire service said they received a call-out at 6.53pm to help remove the casualty from the vehicle.
“We used hydraulic rescue equipment and cutting equipment," she added. “We received the stop messageat 8.18pm."
