A 24-year-old man has died following a crash on the M74 in South Lanarkshire.
A man has tragically died following a early-morning crash on a busy Scots motorway.
Emergency crews rushed to the M74 northbound carriageway, just four miles from junction 13 near Abington, on the morning of Friday, July 10. An alarm was raised after police received a report of a collision involving one vehicle, a silver Mazda 2.
Upon attendance, a 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been made aware.
Police Scotland locked down the road to carry out enquiries. It was then reopened around 11am that same day.
Sergeant Ross Allison said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who has died.
“We are carrying out a number of enquiries to establish the full circumstances of this crash and we are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed what happened to contact police.
“In addition, anyone with dash-cam footage is asked to get in touch as this may be able to assist.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland via 101 quoting incident number 0537 of 10 July, 2026.
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