FIVE people have been taken to hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Cumbernauld. 

Emergency services were called to Kildrum Road at around 1.10pm today following a report of the crash. 

The driver of one car was taken to hospital for treatment and two passengers were also taken to hospital as a precaution. 

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The driver and passenger of the other vehicle have been arrested. 

They were also taken to hospital as a precaution. 

The road was closed until 4.30pm.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were called around 1.10pm on Thursday, February 9, to a report of a two-vehicle crash on Kildrum Road, Cumbernauld.

"Emergency services attended.

"The driver of one car was taken to hospital for treatment and two passengers were also taken to hospital as a precaution.

"The driver and passenger of the other vehicle have been arrested and taken to hospital as a precaution.

"The road is currently closed."