Young driver dies after car careers into lamppost on M74

A 21-year-old man has died after crashing his car into
a lamppost and overturning on the M74 near Bothwell.
The collision took place just after 11pm on Saturday on
the southbound stretch of the motorway between the
Bothwell Services and the Raith Interchange.
The driver, who was driving a blue-coloured Ford
Fiesta, reportedly lost control, leading the car to cross
the central reservation, collide with a lamppost and
overturn before coming to rest on the opposite
carriageway.
The man was taken to Monklands District General
Hospital but died shortly after admission.
A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Sergeant Craig McDonald at the Divisional Road
Policing Unit at Motherwell said: "We are currently
trying to establish the circumstances of this tragic
incident and I'd like to speak to anyone who has not
already spoken to police who witnessed the crash.
"Anyone with information can contact the Road Policing
Unit at Motherwell via telephone number 101."