One person killed in Glasgow digger crash
Another man is seriously injured after the crash involving a heavy agricultural vehicle towing a digger
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Your support makes all the difference.One man has died and another is seriously injured after a crash involving a car and a heavy agricultural vehicle towing a digger.
Five other cars and a bus were also involved in the incident in Rutherglen, near Glasgow on Tuesday.
The man driving the car was pronounced dead at the scene and the male driver of the agricultural vehicle was taken to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Hospital staff have described his condition as serious.
Police have not revealed extensive details about the crash, however a witness told STV News the digger fell off a low loader trailer and landed on top of a car in the street.
Police Scotland said emergency services were called to the incident in Fernhill at around 11:05am.
The bus and the five other cars which were also involved in the incident were not badly damaged, according to police.
A statement issued by Firstbus confirmed one of its vehicles had been at the scene of the crash.
Sergeant Alison McAuley said: "An extensive recovery operation, which is expected to last for several more hours, is currently under way and Fernhill Road is closed with local diversions in place.
"I would appeal to anyone who witnessed what happened to contact officers at the divisional road policing unit based at Motherwell on 101."
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