A crash involving four vehicles has seen a section of the A9 closed off. 

Emergency services were summoned to the scene at roughly 1.40pm on Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of Avielochan, which is around three miles north of Aviemore. 

An air ambulance was in attendance as firefighters freed one person from a vehicle with hydraulic cutting equipment. 

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Diversions are in place at the Granish junction through Carrbridge, police said.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "At around 1.40pm we were called out to a four-vehicle road collision on the A9.

"One person was trapped in a vehicle. Crews removed the car doors using hydraulic cutting equipment so paramedics could lift the person out."