Busy A96 roundabout blocked for an hour – but no injuries

A96 Fochabers roundabout blocked for around an hour.
A96 Fochabers roundabout blocked for around an hour.

MORAY COMMUTERS FOUND their journey’s interrupted last night when the A96 was blocked for around an hour near Fochabers.

Police attended to control traffic after a collision between a van and a car at round 4pm.

Fortunately there were no reported injuries from the accident – although police were forced to divert traffic.

The vehicles involved – a Ford Fusion and Ford Transit – were eventually removed from the scene and traffic was again moving freely by 5pm.

A police spokesman said: “A car went into the back of the van and resulted in the roundabout being obstructed – we cleared the scene by 5pm.”

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