16-year-old girl dies in two car motorway crash tragedy

Lanarkshire traffic police say they were called to the scene near the Gartcosh junction yesterday afternoon amid reports of a two car smash on the northbound carriageway.

The 62-year-old driver of one of the vehicles was rushed to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital along with his rear seat teenage passenger, who sadly could not be saved.The 42-year-old driver of the other car was uninjured and later arrested, although he was eventually released pending further enquiries.

The road was closed for several hours while investigations were carried out and reopened shortly before 9pm. Police have appealed to anyone who saw what happened or has dash cam footage of the incident to contact them immediately on 101. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.

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