A four-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital following a two-car crash wherein a woman, aged two, and a person and girl have been additionally injured.

The two-car collision occurred on the C11n Dumfries to Auldgirth highway, north of Kirkton village in Dumfries, at round 9.10am on Wednesday.

It concerned a black Audi A6 and a black BMW 1 Series.

The four-year-old male passenger of the Audi was taken by air ambulance to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the place his situation has been described as severe however steady.

The 35-year-old feminine driver of the Audi, her two-year-old feminine passenger, and the 52-year-old male driver of the BMW have been all taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, the place medical employees have described their situation as steady.

The highway was closed for a number of hours, but it surely has since reopened.

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Police Scotland is interesting for anybody with details about the crash to contact officers.

Constable Callum Kingstree mentioned: "An investigation is below approach to set up the complete circumstances of the collision and I'd attraction to any motorists in that space to contact us with any data they might have.

"If anyone has any dashcam footage, please pass it on as it could assist our enquiries."