Blackburn Road to Bathgate was also closed while officers attended to the incident. A motorist stuck at the back of the queue posted on social media: ‘Currently parked on #M8 eastbound near Bathgate as closed due to police incident. Avoid at all costs.”
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Photos posted on Twitter showed drivers leaving their stationary cars as queues continued. At around 3.35pm, as traffic began to move slowly once again, the misery for motorists continued as the M8 was closed in both directions to allow an ambulance to attend to a four-vehicle collision on the eastbound carriageway between J4A and J4. The westbound freeway reopened around 5pm with eastbound traffic starting to move slowly as the road was cleared.
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