Train heading for Caithness hits tree outside Inverness
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A MAN has been taken to hospital after a train heading to Wick was derailed when it crashed into a fallen tree.
The ScotRail 1.59pm service from Inverness to Wick today (Tuesday) was involved in a collision at Clachnaharry on the outskirts of Inverness just six minutes into the journey.
The impact caused severe damage to one of the carriages. One person was hurt and had to be transported to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, although he is not believed to be seriously injured.
North of Scotland Newspapers reporter Alan Shields was sitting just across from the injured man.
"There is a long rip right through the carriage which was caused by the impact of the crash," he said.
"The gentleman who was sitting across from us who suffered injury was also heading to Wick. His seat was twisted 180 degrees as a result. We were lucky that we were at the other side of the carriage – my partner and I were sitting together and he was on his own."
Read more in today's Caithness Courier.
