A cameraman has been raced to hospital and another is being treated at the scene after a horrifying fall from a cherry picker at a Scots racecourse.
Emergency services raced to the scene at Hamilton horse racing course this afternoon after reports of an incident involving members of a camera crew and the piece of machinery around 1.50pm.
Pictures from the scene show a huge number of emergency vehicles gathered around the tall mobile platform.
Racing has been abandoned for the day with the accident taking place before the start of the day's scheduled card.
It has now emerged that one of the men has been rushed to Wishaw General Hospital while the other is still being treated for injuries at the scene.
Figures associated with the sport have wished them a full recovery.
A witness told the Record that the two fell from the machine with one suffering a leg injury.
Full details of their conditions are still emerging.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 1.50pm on Tuesday, 29 June, police were called to a report of two men falling from a mobile platform at Hamilton Race Course.
"Emergency services are in attendance and one man has been taken to Wishaw General Hospital for treatment.
"The second man is currently being treated at the scene.
"Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident."
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 13:38hrs this afternoon to attend an incident at Hamilton Racecourse. Two ambulances and two rapid response vehicles were dispatched to the scene.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 1.35pm on Tuesday, June 29 to an incident at Hamilton Park Racecourse, Hamilton.
“Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the scene and using an aerial rescue appliance recovered two male casualties who had fallen onto the roof of a vehicle before handing them into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
A tweet from Racing TV announced that the day's racing had been abandoned ands wished the camera men well in their recovery.
It read: "Racing has been abandoned at Hamilton Park after a racecourse accident before the scheduled start of today's card.
"Our thoughts are very much with the two affected camera personnel and their families."
Emergency crews have closed nearby roads as they deal with the incident leading to heavy traffic in the area.
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