A woman has been taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a pharmacy in Inverness.
Emergency services raced to Lochardil Pharmacy and Travel Clinic on Morven Road in the city after the alarm was raised at around 2.20pm on Wednesday. Ambulance crews attended and a woman in her 60s was taken to Raigmore Hospital for treatment.
A picture taken from the scene which was shared with the Record positioned inside the shop after it crashed through the front door. The area could be seen to be cordoned off and police say their enquiries into establishing the circumstances are ongoing.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2.20pm on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, we were called to a report of a car crashing into a building on Morven Road, Inverness. Emergency services attended and the female driver was taken to hospital as a precaution. There are no other reported injuries. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”
A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 2.17pm on Wednesday to attend an incident on Morven Road in Inverness. We dispatched a number of resources to the scene, our first arriving within five minutes, and transported one female patient in her 60s to Raigmore Hospital.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 2.16pm on Wednesday, January 22, to reports of a vehicle driven into the front of a pharmacy in Morven Road, Inverness.
“Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the scene and one casualty was removed from the vehicle and passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service. Crews left the scene after ensuring the area was made safe.”
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