Flat-bed truck driver dies in crash with Mini and HGV

A man has died following a three-vehicle crash on a motorway flyover in Lanarkshire.

The 50-year-old, who was driving a white Ford Transit flat bed, was pronounced dead at the scene on the A725 Shawhead flyover at its junction with the A8 eastbound slip road.

A red HGV and a black Mini Cooper were also involved in the incident.

Police closed the road for about five-and-a-half hours while an initial investigation into the crash was carried out.