TWO lanes of the busy M8 motorway through Glasgow have been closed while emergency services attend a crash.
Eyewitnesses say several fire engines, three ambulances and several police cars are in attendence on the motorway, eastbound, between Anderston and Charing Cross.
They claim that traffic is as far back as Govan, with fire crews spotted "using saws" to cut open a vehicle.
There are no details yet of any injuries, or how many vehicles are involved in the crash.
UPDATE❗ ⌚ 17:40#M8 RTC
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) August 4, 2021
Lanes 2 and 3 of 3 are now closed eastbound on the M8 between J19 and J18 due to an RTC.
TRISS & police are on scene. Slow traffic back to J26 and onto the #A814 Clydeside Expressway.@SWTrunkRoads @GlasgowCC pic.twitter.com/XwVWOvC58Q
Traffic Scotland first notified followers about the crash at 5pm.
They later updated at around 5.45pm to say: "Lanes 2 and 3 of 3 are now closed eastbound on the M8 between J19 and J18 due to an RTC.
"TRISS & police are on scene. Slow traffic back to J26 and onto the #A814 Clydeside Expressway."
A Scottish Fire and Rescue service confirmed they were in attendance, with four appliances at the scene.
A police spokesman said: "Around 5.05pm on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, police were informed of a two-car crash on the M8, Edinburgh to Greenock Road, at Junction 22 westbound.
“There were no injuries and both parties exchanged details.
“No further police action was required.”
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