Van driver treated by paramedics on north-east road after Transit overturns

A van driver has been taken to hospital after his vehicle overturned on a north-east road.

Emergency services attended the scene, on the B977 road between Kintore and Fintray, and it was closed off by police.

Paramedics were sent to the scene alongside a trauma unit as firefighters worked to free the driver.

He was later taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

An ambulance spokesman said: “We received a call at 10.37am to attend a road traffic collision on the B977.

“We dispatched our trauma team and one ambulance to the scene. We transported one male patient to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.”

Two fire crews attended the incident as police closed off the road.

A spokeswoman for the police said: “We were called to a one-vehicle crash around 10.40am.

“Emergency services attended and the road at Hatton of Fintray was closed.”

A fire spokeswoman said: “Two appliances attended after receiving the call at 10.42am.

“A Transit van had overturned, and the crews relieved the casualty from the vehicle.

“They were treated by paramedics on the scene, while the fire crews made the vehicles safe.”