Six hurt in morning rush hour police crash

SIX people, including two police officers, were taken to hospital yesterday following a rush-hour road accident in Inverness.

A collision between a police van and a car in the city's Telford Street shortly before 8am also left a male pedestrian hurt.

The man, who has not been named but is understood is in his 40s, was injured by the car and is being treated in Raigmore Hospital.

The two police officers who were in the van at the time - both male - and three occupants of the car, also male, were taken to hospital but later released.

Northern Constabulary said in a statement that the police van did not collide with the pedestrian and had not been involved in a pursuit at the time of the accident. A police spokesman added: "As with all collisions involving police vehicles the matter will be fully investigated."