70-year-old bus driver in critical condition after bus and bin lorry crash
Emergency services were called to the A70, Edinburgh Road in Carnwath village at around 2.40pm on Friday.
A 70-year-old bus driver is in a critical condition after a crash between a bus and a bin lorry in South Lanarkshire.
Emergency services were called to the A70, Edinburgh Road in Carnwath village at around 2.40pm on Friday.
The bus driver, who was the only person on board, was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
The 51-year-old male passenger of the bin lorry was also taken to hospital and is in a stable condition.
The road was closed for around 13 hours while emergency services attended and reopened in the early hours of Saturday.
Sergeant Stephen MacDonald said: “Inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding this crash and we’re appealing for anyone with information to get in touch.
“We’d also ask motorists to check any dashcam footage of the area around the time of the incident in case it has captured anything which could be of significance to our investigation.”
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