A POLICE officer was taken to hospital following involvement in a three-car collision on a Scottish motorway.
The three-car crash between a police car and two other vehicles closed the eastbound on slip at Junction 19 Anderston Cross.
Police said their car had been on the way to an emergency call-out when it was caught in the collision.
They further said the driver of the police vehicle was taken by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment for minor injuries.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 7.50am on Friday, December 30 we were made aware of a crash on the M8 at junction 19 involving a police car and two other vehicles.
"Recovery of the vehicles is under way.”
The Scottish Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.
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