Two people have died in two separate crashes in the Grampian area, it has been confirmed.
A transit van driver was killed and his two passengers were injured following an accident on the A941 Elgin to Rothes Road just after midnight.
The road was closed for seven hours while investigations were carried out.
At 0530 BST a male driver was killed, and his two passengers injured, when his car crashed on Riverside Drive in Aberdeen.
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