Man arrested after Scots motorhome, pickup truck and car smash hospitalises two
CRASH Man arrested after Scots motorhome, pickup truck and car smash hospitalises two
TWO people have been hospitalised after a motorhome, pickup truck and a car crashed near a historic battlefield.
The injured needed treatment when the Kia Sorento SUV, Fiat Ducato camper and Toyota Hilux collided on the B9006 at Culloden Moor near Inverness.
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The smash happened close to the historic battlefield at Culloden Moor near Inverness
Their condition is unknown.
Police shut the road for three hours after the smash which saw debris and parts of the campervan scattered across the carriageway.
The Fiat's driver, a man, 41, has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident and is expected to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on Monday.
Culloden Moor was the site the last pitched battle on British soil between Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite army and the royalist Duke of Cumberland in April 1746.
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