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Police / Two-vehicle road accident

EMERGENCY services were called to reports of a two-vehicle road accident on the A970 near to the Nesting Junction earlier today (Monday).

A spokesperson for the police said the call came in shortly before 1pm, adding that “enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances”.

The ambulance service also attended, but at the time of publication no details were available.

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