A Highland Council recycling truck was observed lying in a ditch in the Keiss area this morning after an accident involving "no serious injuries".

One Keiss local believes the lorry may have hit a patch of black ice which forced it off the road and into the ditch close to the A99.

A recovery vehicle attended the scene as well as police officers from Wick.

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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 11.15am on Tuesday, 29 December, officers were called to the Stain Road area of Keiss, following a report that a lorry had gone off the road.

"There were no reported serious injuries and the local authority have been contacted for uplift.”

Icy roads across far north this morning

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