M77 crash: Three teenagers in hospital after early morning one-car crash on major Scottish road

Three teenagers have been hospitalised after a one-car crash on the M77.

Emergency services were called to the crash south of Newton Mearns, which involved a grey Volkswagen Polo, at around 12.10am on Wednesday.

The driver, a 19-year-old man, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with life-threatening injuries.

Two passengers, a 17-year-old male and an 18-year-old man, were taken to the same hospital for treatment.

The road was closed for nine hours.

The M77 was closed to northbound and southbound traffic between junctions 5 and 8.

It was closed for around nine hours and re-opened at 9.20am.

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Sergeant Jim Dewar said: “Our enquiries are ongoing and we are appealing for anyone with information that could assist to get in touch.

“If you were driving in the area at the time please check dash-cam footage to see if you have captured anything that may help with our investigation.

“Anyone who can assist is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0034 of Wednesday, July 23.”