Google MapsA man is in hospital after a section of the M8 was closed after a crash in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Emergency crews were in attendance after the crash on the motorway westbound, near to Shawhead, at around 5.20am.
Junction 7A has been closed.
Drivers were being asked to follow diversions or take an alternative route.
The road has since fully reopened.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 6.12am today to attend a road traffic collision on the M8.
“We dispatched one ambulance to the scene and transported one male patient in his 50s to Wishaw General Hospital.”
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