Two people have been taken to hospital - one by air - after a serious crash in Aberdeenshire.

Emergency services were called to the A90 near Laurencekirk at about 10:20 after the two-vehicle accident.

The Scottish Ambulance Service said it dispatched two ambulances, three special operations response teams (SORT), a trauma team, and one air ambulance to the scene.

One patient was flown to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance, and another was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee by road. Diversions have been put in place.