Elderly pedestrian killed in Hamilton crash
The 75-year-old man died following the crash involving a grey Land Rover Discovery on Bothwell Road at around 8.50am on Wednesday.
An elderly pedestrian's died after being hit by a car on Bothwell Road in Hamilton.
The 75-year-old man died in the crash involving a grey Land Rover Discovery at around 8.50am on Wednesday.
Formal identification has yet to take place but the man's next of kin have been made aware.
No-one else was hurt.
Police Sergeant John Houston from the Road Policing Unit said :
“Our thoughts are with the family of the man who died and our enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances."
“No-one else was injured."
“North and southbound carriageways were closed for around four hours to allow crash investigations to be carried out."
“I would appeal to anyone who witnessed the crash take place, who has not yet spoken to police, to contact us."
"We are also keen to obtain any dashcam from motorists driving on the road around the time of the crash."
“I would like to thank members of the public for their patience while we carried out our investigation into this serious collision.”
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