Police car roof chopped off after horror smash in Glasgow as firefighters free injured 'officer'

Emergency services have raced to a horror smash involving a police vehicle and a council care service car in Glasgow .

Police were alerted to a two-vehicle crash on Edinburgh Road in the Springboig area of the city at around 8.15pm on Monday night.

Pictures from the scene show firefighters cutting the roof off a police car involved in the crash.

Firefighters work to free an officer from a Police Scotland car on Edinburgh Road in Glasgow (Daily Record/Tony Nicoletti)

One person inside – believed to be a police officer – was rushed to hospital after being removed from the vehicle.

Their condition is not yet known at this stage.

Firefighters examine the remains of the police car after they freed the officer (Daily Record - Tony Nicoletti)

A council care services vehicle was also badly damaged as a result of the incident.

Officers remained at the scene late on Monday night as they worked to remove the wreckage from the road.

The Police Scotland car was in a collision with a council home care services vehicle (Daily Record - Tony Nicoletti)