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Emergency services / Police investigate Burgh Road crash

Shetland News @shetnews

6 August 2023 15:24

A white car with rear-end damage and a police tape around it is parked on a street next to a white van.

One of the three vehicles involved in the crash had been removed earlier. Photo: Jim Mullay

POLICE enquiries are ongoing after a vehicle crashed into two vehicles parked on Lerwick’s Burgh Road in the early hours of Sunday.

The local police force was alerted to the accident at 1.50am.

A spokesperson said: “One vehicle has been recovered and arrangements have been made for the others to be removed.

“Enquiries are ongoing.”

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