Fatal Road Traffic Crash - A96 near Brodie, Forres
Published 29 February 2020
Officers from the road policing department based in Inverurie are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic crash on the A96, near to Brodie this morning, Saturday, 29 February, 2020.
Around 3.30 am on Saturday, 29 February, a 28-year-old woman was driving a Volkswagen Tiguan car westbound on the A96, Elgin to Inverness Road when as the car passed Brodie it struck a 19-year-old male pedestrian.
Emergency services attended however the teenage pedestrian died at the scene.
The driver of the car was not physically injured.
The A96 remains closed to traffic in both directions and diversions are in place.
Sergeant Craig McNeill at Inverurie said:
“I would like to speak to anyone who had seen the teenager walking on the A96 anytime between midnight and 3.30 am when the incident occurred.
“I am especially keen to speak to the driver of a car that was travelling eastwards on the A96 and had passed Brodie just prior to 3.30 am, before the crash. I urge this driver to contact police immediately.
Anyone with information or anyone who has dash cam footage of the man walking on the A96 should contact police via telephone number 101 quoting incident number 632 of 29 February 2020.
