A 19-year-old man has died after being struck by a car while out walking in the early hours of this morning.
The fatal crash happened around 3.30am on Saturday after a woman driving westbound on the A96 hit the teenage pedestrian near to Brodie, Forres.
Emergency services attended but the teenager died at the scene.
The 28-year-old woman driving the car, a Volkswagen Tiguan travelling west, was not injured, and police are appealing for any witnesses.
The A96 remains closed to traffic in both directions and diversions are in place while officers investigate the crash site.
Sergeant Craig McNeill at Inverurie said: “I would like to speak to anyone who had seen the teenager walking on the A96 anytime between midnight and 3.30 am when the incident occurred.
“I am especially keen to speak to the driver of a car that was travelling eastwards on the A96 and had passed Brodie just prior to 3.30 am, before the crash. I urge this driver to contact police immediately."
Anyone with information or anyone who has dash cam footage of the man walking on the A96 should contact police via telephone number 101 quoting incident number 632 of 29 February 2020.
