crash. Major queues are already forming on the busy motorway as emergency services deal with the incident which happened at around 4am.
Junction 4a Harthill and Junction 5 Shotts are closed in both ways.Commuters on the eastbound carriageway face up to a 95 minute wait, while eastbound queues will add approximately 15 minutes to drivers' journeys.The road is likely to remain closed for some time.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers are currently in attendance on the M8 near to junction 5 at Shotts following a road traffic incident.
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