A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after being struck by a van on the M8 in the early hours of this morning.
The 27-year-old was walking on the Kingston Bridge around 1.10am on Sunday when she was hit by a white van driving eastbound on the motorway.
The incident took place near to Junction 18, Bothwell Street, off ramp.
Emergency services raced to the scene and the female pedestrian was rushed by ambulance to hospital.
Medical staff currently describe her condition as critical.
The 53-year-old driver of the van was uninjured.
A section of the M8 was closed to allow crash scene investigators to conduct enquiries and officers are urging anyone who witnessed the collision to get in touch.
Sergeant Kenny Malaney, of Road Policing Unit Glasgow, said: "We are currently trying to establish exactly what happened here and I am keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the collision, or saw a pedestrian on that area of the motorway, at around 1am and hasn’t yet contacted police.
"In particular, I would ask anyone with dash cam devices to check their footage as it could hold images which could prove to be significant in our enquiries.
"Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident 0282 of Sunday, 13 February 2022."
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