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Kathleen Speirs

Pensioner suffers serious head injury after being hit by van in Highlands

Police are appealing for information after a pensioner was knocked down by a van outside a hospital.

The 85-year-old woman was hit by a white Peugeot Boxer van at around 11am on Monday near Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

The motor was travelling from the back of the hospital onto Old Perth Road and pulled out onto the junction when it collided with the pensioner .

Emergency services attended the scene, where the driver stopped.

The OAP was taken to Raigmore Hospital with a serious head injury.

Her condition doesn't appear to be life-threatening.


Sergeant Alasdair MacKay said: "We're appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident or has any dash cam footage of the incident to contact us on 101 quoting incident number 2838 of February 24."
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