News / Woman in hospital
A WOMAN has been taken to hospital after the 4×4 vehicle she was driving went off the road half a mile north of the Nibon junction in Northmavine on Monday afternoon.
The single-vehicle accident, on the road between Brae and Hillswick, was reported to police shortly after 2pm.
A police spokesman said the woman’s injuries initially appeared to be “serious but not life-threatening”.
A passenger who was also travelling in the vehicle is believed to have suffered minor injuries following the accident.
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