A 96-year-old woman has died as result of injuries sustained in a collision between a bus and a car on the A9 Perth to Inverness road.
The woman was a passenger in a red Maxda CX5, which collided with a white D & E coach on the dual carriageway stretch of the road near to Murthly, on Friday morning.
Firefighters used cutting equipment to free her from the vehicle and she was then taken to Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, by ambulance. However, police have stated she has sadly died from her injuries.
The driver of the car, a woman ages in her sixties, did not sustain life threatening injuries.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “At 10.15am on Friday, emergency services attended a road traffic collision on the A9 between Murthly and Bankfoot.
“The collision, which involved a red Mazda CX5 and a white D&E Coaches’ single decker bus, occurred on the dual carriageway section of the A9 near to Murthly. The bus was stopped in lane one of the southbound dual carriageway behind a second D&E Coaches bus at the time of the incident.
“Both the driver and passenger of the Mazda were taken to Ninewells Hospital, where sadly the passenger, a 96 year-old woman, died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision. The driver, a woman in her sixties, did not sustain life threatening injuries.
There were no passengers on the bus when the collision occurred.
“As part of ongoing enquiries into the collision, police are looking to speak to anyone who may have seen the red Mazda CX5 or the buses travelling south, prior to the time of the incident.”
Traffic was diverted near Bankfoot with the southbound carriageway being closed for around two hours on Friday.
Anyone with information on the incident should phone police on 101.