Seven rushed to hospital after car ploughs into 'a number of pedestrians' in Glasgow
By ISABELLA MACHIN, REPORTER and CLAIRE ELLIOT, SCOTTISH GENERAL NEWS REPORTER and TOM LAYTON and EVIE SELBY
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Police have urged the public to avoid a road in Glasgow after a car struck a number of pedestrians, leaving eight people injured.
Police Scotland said Hyndland Road, in the west end of Glasgow, has been closed following a crash involving a car and a number of pedestrians at 3.45pm on Tuesday.
Emergency crews took seven people to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, while the driver was treated by paramedics at the scene.
It is understood the driver had suffered a medical emergency.
Witnesses told of seeing a car 'mounting' a pavement and 'going through a bus stop' before hitting 'two or three people' standing under scaffolding near a GP surgery.
The force said in a statement: 'Around 3.45pm on Tuesday, November, 10, 2026, we received a report of a crash involving a car and a number of pedestrians on Hyndland Road, Glasgow.
'Seven people have been taken to hospital for treatment, and to be assessed, following the incident and the driver has been assessed by paramedics at the scene.
'Officers remain in attendance and enquiries are ongoing into the incident which is being treated as a road traffic collision.
At least eight people were injured in Glasgow after a car struck pedestrians on Tuesday
Police Scotland said Hyndland Road has been closed following a crash involving a car and a number of pedestrians on Tuesday
Glasgow City Council said Hyndland Road was closed between Clarence Drive and Novar Drive after a car crashed into several pedestrians on Tuesday
'Hyndland Road remains closed and members of the public are urged to avoid the area.'
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it dispatched two vehicles to Hyndland Road at 3.51pm.
Glasgow City Council said Hyndland Road was closed between Clarence Drive and Novar Drive.
The council said: 'Road users are advised to avoid the area and consider alternative routes.'
Ben Martin, 19, passed the area just moments after the crash as he was heading to work.
He told the Daily Mail: 'I saw two motorbikes, some unmarked police cars, and 10 police vans. Every five seconds there were more coming up Clarence Drive.
'There was one big fire engine, some small fire cars and they taped off the road. There was a policeman running down the street.'
Another local resident described the scene as 'terrible'.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are pictured at the scene on Tuesday
Emergency services attended Hyndland Road on Tuesday after a car struck a number of pedestrians
She said: 'I passed moments after it happened. [There were] several injured.
'Thankfully it happened in front of two GP surgeries so medics were there instantly. Prayers for all the injured and their families, as well as the wonderful people who were assisting the injured.'
One woman said she understood that a car had 'mounted pavement and hit several pedestrians before hitting a parked car', while a man said he saw it happen.
He said: '[The car] went through a bus stop and unbelievably under the scaffolding where [it] hit two or three people as far as I could see.'
Others who live nearby said they'd seen shattered glass at the bus stop following the incident.
Police closed the street between Clarence Drive and Novar Drive and evacuated the outside area.
Scotland's First Minister John Swinney posted on social media that he was 'deeply concerned' by the reports of the incident.
He added: 'I want to thank the emergency services. My thoughts are with everyone affected and their loved ones.'
The incident comes just a week after 12-year-old Sophia Aitken died after being hit by a bus in Ayrshire.
The schoolgirl was struck by a Stagecoach bus at Lauchlan Way, in Kilwinning, at around 1.10pm last Tuesday.
Emergency services attended but the Kilwinning Academy pupil was pronounced dead at the scene, close to the school.
No one else was injured and police have opened an investigation into the collision.
In a statement the youngster's family described her as their 'ray of sunshine'.
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