Serious crash near Reiss today – passenger taken to hospital and driver arrested
Published: 11:47, 03 January 2023
| Updated: 11:50, 03 January 2023
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Police Scotland issued a bulletin this morning stating that the A99 road from Wick to Thurso is now open after a serious crash earlier in the day near to the B876 Reiss junction.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 2am on Tuesday, 3 January, to a report of a one car crash on the A99 north west of Wick.
“Emergency services attended and a 27-year-old man, a passenger, was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
“A 29-year-old man, the driver, has been arrested in connection with a road traffic offence.
“The road was closed and re-opened around 8.10am.”