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A lorry driver has died in a crash that saw his load of timber tumble down from a motorway bridge onto the M8 in Glasgow.Police Scotland is investigating whether Tom Meikle, 61, took ill at the wheel during the incident, at about 17:30 on Tuesday.The l…
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A lorry driver has died after a trailer load of timber crashed onto the M8 in Glasgow.
Emergency services were called to the M77 northbound at its merge with the M8 around 5.30pm on Tuesday.
The 61-year-old male driver of the lorry tractor unit was pro…
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Dash-cam footage has captured the terrifying moment that a lorry crash caused the load of wood it was carrying to crash down onto the M8 as vehicles passed underneath.
Emergency services were called to the collision at around 5.30pm at junction 22 east…
A crash between a BMW and a lorry prompted gridlock on a motorway thie evening.
The accident unfolded on the M20 westbound between Junction 11 of the A20, for Hythe, and Junction 10 of the A2070, for Ashford South.
Emergency services at the scene
Pol…