Tractor driver dies after shedding timber load onto the M8 in Glasgow

Police Scotland said the motorway was closed for nearly 12 hours

Chris Brayford
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Sergeant Fraser McEwan said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died. Enquiries are ongoing into the cause of the crash, however, one line of enquiry is that the driver took ill within the tractor."
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Sergeant Fraser McEwan said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died. Enquiries are ongoing into the cause of the crash, however, one line of enquiry is that the driver took ill within the tractor."

A tractor driver has died after a trailer load of timber crashed and dropped its load onto oncoming traffic. Police Scotland said the tractor had crashed on the M77 northbound at around 5.30pm on Tuesday...

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