Police name third man killed in M8 crash that injured five

David Paton, Manveer Benning and Mark Downie were all pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Sunday.

Police name third man killed in M8 crash that injured five Police ScotlandPolice Scotland

Police have named three men who died when their car left the M8 motorway and crashed early on Sunday morning.

David Paton and Manveer Benning, both 27, died along with Mark Downie, 31, after their blue Audi Q7 left the road on the M8 westbound near to junction 31 in Renfrewshire.

All three men were pronounced dead at the scene.

Five others were taken to hospital for treatment of serious but non-life threatening injuries.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

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