M8 lorry smash leaves one man in hospital after smash sparked traffic chaos

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smash on the M8 near Shotts. A large section of Scotland’s busiest motorway was shut off as emergency services scrambled to the scene this morning.

Police closed parts of the road as ambulance crews rushed a man to Wishaw General Hospital for treatment. He was later transferred to Hairmyres Hospital.

His condition is not yet known. It comes after a lorry and a truck crashed at Junction 6A Chapelhall at around 7.45am sparking the traffic chaos.A crushed traffic management truck was pictured after smashing into the back of an HGV - with the front end and windscreen completely destroyed.Sergeant Andrew Currie said: "I would ask any driver using the M8 in the early hours of this morning who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have dash.