Five people including a four-year-old Italian boy have been killed in a car crash in the Scottish Highlands, Police Scotland said Friday. A minibus carrying a group of Italian tourists collided with a 4x4 car carrying elderly passengers on the A96 road between Aberdeen and Inverness shortly before midnight on Thursday.
A female passenger in the Fiat Talento minibus was killed alongside the four-year-old boy, while the male driver, a male passenger, a three-year-old boy and a female passenger have been taken to hospital. The woman was in a critical condition on Friday while the boy sustained minor injuries.
Two women aged 69 and 70 and a 63-year-old man travelling in the Nissan X Trail car were killed, and the 39-year-old female driver sustained serious injuries. Everyone travelling in the 4x4 lived locally.