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Harrowing footage has captured the moment an elderly man lost his life on Scotland's most dangerous road.
Video from the scene caught the moment a white VW Caddy van and a grey BMW crashed on the A9 near Alness in Easter Ross last December.
The unnamed 85-year-old driver of the BMW was cut free from the wreckage and taken to hospital with serious leg injuries, but later died.
It is not known whether the man died as a direct result of the injuries he suffered in the accident.
Remarkably, no-one else was hurt in the crash despite the weight and speed of traffic.
At the start of the clip, a vehicle further down the road can be seen getting shunted to the left as it is hit by the BMW.
An HGV roars past the dashcam vehicle and then BMW comes into sight, a fraction of a second later colliding with the VW van.
Both vehicles are spun sideways and come to a sudden halt as debris explodes across the carriageway and clouds of smoke rise into the night air.
The dashcam vehicle emergency brakes in time to avoid ploughing into the wreckage.
The incident happened around 4.30pm on December 8 last year and involved a Transit Van, a BMW and VW Caddy Van.
Police confirmed today that the elderly man subsequently died and a report had been sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
No-one has been charged in connection with the collision, added a spokeswoman.
The spokeswoman added the family of the driver would be warned aboutexistence of the footage, which was obtained by road safety website Scotland's Worst Drivers (SWD).