AN ELDERLY woman has died and another woman is in a critical condition in hospital after a road crash at an M8 slip road.
The 95-year-old woman was instantly killed following the crash on the M73 slip road to the M8 on Saturday at around 3.30pm.
Police said a silver coloured Ford Fiesta was travelling northbound on the M73 northbound off-slip road to the M8 (J8). The vehicle appeared to lose control, leave the carriageway and crashed into a ditch on the grass verge.
Emergency services attended and a 95-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The 68-year-old female driver was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where medical staff describe her condition as critical.
The road was closed as crash scene investigators conducted enquiries at the scene.
An investigation to establish the circumstances is underway and officers are appealing for anyone who may have seen the incident to contact them.
Motorists are also being asked to check any dash cam footage which may have captured detail which could be relevant to the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call Road Policing Officers at Govan OSD Complex via 101, quoting incident number 2564 of 15 September 2018.
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