Six dead and eight injured in vehicle crash in Glasgow

[Rusty]

Six people have been killed and eight others injured after an out-of-control bin lorry crashed into pedestrians in central Glasgow.
The council vehicle then crashed into the Millennium Hotel, near Queen Street station in George Square, at 14:30.
Eyewitnesses described emergency services battling to save the lives of injured people on the street.


Anjan Luthra witnessed the crash.
He told BBC News: "I work in George Square and had nipped out for lunch, and was in the queue in Greggs. All of a sudden I heard this screaming and quite a consistent racket.
"I ran out of the store and right directly across from me, I was just watching a very, very heavy bin lorry just flatten bodies on the pavement. It was driving along the pavement and taking everything along with it, and then it went across the street.

"Immediately people started calling 999, and started directing traffic.

"There were two bodies right in the centre of the T-junction who were getting CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) mouth-to-mouth and there were some bodies that were so fatally injured that you couldn't really do anything."

[Fuzzy]

Oh shet....

[Conroy]

[Devin]

Was there a driver in it when this all happened or did it somehow go down the road by itself?
Terrible loss for the families of those involved especially at this time of the year.

[Conroy]

Was there a driver in it when this all happened or did it somehow go down the road by itself?
Terrible loss for the families of those involved especially at this time of the year.

Witnesses say the driver was slumped over the wheel, and I've also read that was because of a heart attack, although not confirmed.

[[WS]Jacob]

Three members from the same family out of the six dead. I cannot imagine how that must feel for their families, especially given what time of year it is. RIP.

[Rusty]

Two other crew were also reported being inside the lorry with the driver when it happened.