FIVE people have been taken to hospital after a five-car accident on the M8 motorway.
Emergency services were called to the crash in Renfrewshire just before 9am.
❗NEW❗#M8 W/B J25A Cardonald – J25 main carriageway blocked due to 10 vehicle RTC⚠ .Traffic passing slowly on dedicated lane for the slip. pic.twitter.com/MYEWyNaOIi
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 14, 2017
Police, fire and ambulance services attended, and five people were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 8.57am to attend a road traffic collision on the M8 near Cardonald.
*CLEARED*#M8 W/B J25 Cardonald – J25a Braehead all lanes open after an earlier RTC. Traffic easing off quickly ?#Glasgow https://t.co/7JchexHbSN
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 14, 2017
“We dispatched four ambulances, a paramedic response unit and a manager to the scene.
“Five patients were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.”
Emergency services have since left the scene after ensuring the road was safe.
A spokesman for the fire service said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to reports of five cars being involved in a collision on the M8, near junction 25A, Braehead.
“Firefighters attended and left the scene after ensuring the area was made safe.”
The road reopened before 11am this morning.
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