ONE of the country's busiest motorways was closed by an accident.

All traffic was diverted from the M8's eastbound carriageway to the west of Glasgow city centre while the emergency services dealt with the incident.

At about 5.50am this morning, a car could be seen on its roof close to junction 26 Hillington.

Queues built up quickly as vehicles were forced to leave the motorway.

Traffic Scotland tweeted: "There is an RTC on the M8 eastbound at J26 Hillington and the road is closed right now and being diverted on the exit slip.

"There is a bit of surface water so take care out there."

The road was eventually re-opened at 7.38am.