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Andy Shipley

Driver 'seriously hurt' after being hit by van on M8 in Glasgow

A driver has been hospitalised after being hit by a van on a motorway slip road this morning.

The crash happened on the M8 eastbound at Kingston Bridge, Tradeston, in Glasgow at about 10am.

The 74-year-old driver of a blue Toyota Corolla was hit by a white Mercedes Sprinter van.

He was taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where his condition is described as "serious".

A 30-year-old man driving the van was unhurt.

Police and paramedics were scrambled to the scene while the eastbound on-slip was closed for more than four hours.

Sergeant John Bradford, Greater Glasgow Road Policing Unit, said: "Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash are continuing and I am keen to hear from anyone who saw the collision or who may have dash-cam footage of the crash.

"If you have any information that will assist officers with their investigation, then please call Greater Glasgow Road Policing Unit at Helen Street via 101 quoting reference number 0841 of 3 December, 2020."

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We received a call at 10.02am to attend a road traffic collision on the M8 northbound at Kingston Bridge.

"An ambulance, special operation response team and the trauma team attended and a patient was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital."

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