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The was airlifted to hospital where he died a few hours later.
A man has died after a two-car crash in Orkney.
The crash happened around 12.15pm on the B9070 Backaskaill road near Sanday Airport and involved a grey Jeep Renegade Sport M-Jet estate car and a grey Volvo V70 estate car.
Emergency services attended and the driver of the Volvo, an 87-year-old man, was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where he died a few hours later.
Police have confirmed the driver of the Jeep was not injured.
The road was closed for crash investigation work to be carried out and re-opened around 4.50pm on Saturday.
Enquiries ongoing into fatal crash
Sergeant Neil MacDonald said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man who died and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.
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“We are appealing for anyone who saw what happened to come forward. If you were driving in the area at the time please check any dash-cam you have to see if it has captured anything that could help with our investigation.”
Anyone who can help is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 1334 of Friday, December 5.