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Avoid Almurta-Glen Forbes Road as vehicle rescue underway

Sep 04 2025 Updated 12 hours ago

Sentinel-Times

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Emergency workers are at the scene of a car accident along Almurta-Glen Forbes Road.

ALTHOUGH traffic is flowing along the Almurta-Glen Forbes Road, Almurta, vehicles are being urged to avoid the section between Grantville-Glen Alvie Road and Dalyston-Glen Forbes Road as a woman remains trapped in a vehicle.

It's understood the vehicle is on its side and emergency services are working to extract the woman.

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