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A crash closed part of the M2 for almost nine hours, leaving drivers stuck in the queues.
The coastbound stretch between Junction 5 at Sittingbourne and Junction 6 for Faversham was shut after the accident at about 4.45pm.
The air ambulance on the co…
A PEDESTRIAN has been hit by a bus on a busy Ayrshire street prompting police to lock down the area.
Emergency crews raced to the scene on Glasgow Road in Kilmarnock[1] this afternoon.
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A person was hit by a bus this afternoonCredit: The Scottish Sun
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A small teenager’s bike is seen propped up against a lamppost at the sceneCredit: The Scottish Sun
The alarm was raised at around 1pm after officers received reports of a person being struck by an oncoming bus.
The area is usually busy with vehicles with it being close to the A77 road and the M77 motorway[2].
Cops[3] have sealed off a section of the road, including the slip road to the A77 northbound.
And they are urging the public to avoid the area and use an alternative route if possible.
Vehicles on the road are also being asked to turn back.
Photos from the area show a stagecoach X76 double-decker service, which was heading towards Glasgow, sitting stationary on the side of the road.
A number of police[5] vehicles are also on the busy road parked a short distance behind the bus.
At the scene, a small teenager’s bike is seen propped up against a lamppost as collision[6] experts probe the scene.
It is condition of the pedestrian who was struck by the bus is currently unclear.
Major Scots motorway CLOSED after lorry bursts into flames
Police Scotland[7] Ayrshire shares a statement on social media[8] warning locals and drivers of the incident.
It read: “Emergency services[9] are in attendance following a crash involving a bus and a pedestrian on Glasgow Road, Kilmarnock.
“Glasgow Road is currently closed at its junction with the slip road to the A77 northbound.
“The public are asked to avoid the area.”
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The incident happened on Glasgow Road in KilmarnockCredit: The Scottish Sun
A man and a woman who died when their car collided with a lorry on the A500 in Cheshire were from Stoke-on-Trent, police have confirmed. Emergency services were called to a section of the road at Barthomley, near Crewe, at about 18:30 GMT on Saturday a…
Two people have died when the car they were travelling in crashed with a lorry in Cheshire.A man who was driving the white Ford Kuga, and a woman also travelling in the car, died in the collision on the A500 at Barthomley near Crewe.Cheshire Police sai…
Officers from Wiltshire Police’s Roads Policing Units (RPU) and the Serious Collision Investigation Team (SCIT) have been patrolling the M4 in Wiltshire as part of Operation Tramline during the week of Monday, February 10.
Across the week, police have …
Hundreds of people are expected to attend a funeral service for an off-duty police officer who was killed while trying to help.
Representatives of police forces across the UK will be gathering in York on Thursday to honour PC Rosie Prior, who died aged…
A WOMAN has been charged nearly a year after a pensioner died in a horror smash.
Emergency services[1] last March raced to the A721 Bellshill Road at the junction with Logans Road, Lanarkshire[2].
A male pensioner, 68, was rushed to the Queen[3] Elizabeth University Hospital where he tragically died a few days later.
The Ford driver, 24, will be reported to the procurator fiscal.
A Police Scotland[4] spokesman said: “A 24-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal crash in Motherwell.
“Around 9.10pm on Sunday, 17 March, 2024, we received a report of a crash involving a 68-year-old male pedestrian and a white Ford Puma on the A721 Bellshill Road at the junction with Logans Road.
“The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Puma will be subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal.”
It comes after a Scots motorway was shut down after a lorry burst into flames[5] near an airport.
The M8 eastbound was closed at Junction 2 near Edinburgh Airport while emergency crews tackled a blaze.
Motorists were asked to find an alternative route.
And Cops[6] said smoke affected visibility in the area.
There is currently a 50-minute delay following the blaze.
Dramatic images from the scene showed huge flames engulfing the lorry.
Police Scotland said: “The M8 eastbound is currently closed at Junction 2 near Newbridge due to a lorry on fire.
“Emergency services are in attendance and motorists are asked to find an alternative route.”
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Cops raced to the A721 Bellshill Road at the junction with Logans Road, LanarkshireCredit: Google Maps
One lane was shut on the M6 motorway after an incident involving a van.The crash was close to Knutsford Services on the southbound carriageway.One lane was shut between the junctions with the A556, for Knutsford, and the A54, for Middlewich, after an i…
The crash was close to Knutsford Services on the southbound carriageway.
One lane was shut between the junctions with the A556, for Knutsford, and the A54, for Middlewich, after an incident involving a van some time after 8am today, Saturday.
Traffic E…
A section of the M5 in Somerset has been closed after diesel spilled from a lorry spread half a mile (0.8km) down the carriageway. Motorists heading northbound are facing delays of up to 90 minutes between J24 and J23 near Bridgwater, with emergency se…