A82 Spean Bridge car crash in Highlands leads to death of driver A driver died after his car careered down an embankment on the A82. The collision occurred at around 9pm on Sunday on the route between Inverness and Fort William around one mile south of Spean Bridge. Police Scotland said the 36-year-old had been travelling northbound when his vehicle left the road and went down an embankment into an area of trees. He was the only occupant of the vehicle, police said, while the collision occurred hours after a three-car crash on A82 which was also close to Spean Bridge. A force spokesman said: "About 2100 hours on Sunday from the Police Service of Scotland attended a report of a motor car which was down an embankment on the A82 Inverness to Fort William road, approximately one mile south of Spean Bridge. At this time it was found that a northbound vehicle had left the roadway and gone down an embankment into an area of trees and that the driver, the sole occupant, was still within the vehicle. Unfortunately as a result of the collision the 36-year-old male driver had sustained fatal injuries. Officers from North Divisional Road Policing Unit attended at the locus and the road was closed with local diversions for seven hours whilst enquiries were carried out. Police Scotland are asking that anyone who saw a silver-coloured vehicle leave the road or go down an embankment at the locus between 5.30pm and 8pm on Sunday to contact them. Anyone with information regarding the fatal crash is asked to call the police on 101.