Police have charged a 23-year-old man with careless driving following a five-car pile-up that closed a motorway for six and a half hours - minutes after the street had re-opened following an earlier incident.
Cops had barely left the scene on the M8 in West Lothian after responding to calls of "concern for an individual" when the crash occurred on the eastbound carriageway between Junctions 4 and 4a, between Whitburn and Blackburn. The street had re-opened at 2.45pm after being closed for 3 and a half hours attributable to prior occasions.
Officers closed the motorway in each instructions once more at 2.50pm after the smash occurred to be able to enable an air ambulance to land on the scene. The westbound carriageway re-opened at round 4.30pm - however site visitors was diverted away from the eastbound lanes for hours to permit investigative work to happen.
Visitors Scotland had warned: "The Eastbound carriageway stays CLOSED between J4A and J4 attributable to collision investigation work. Police report that it could stay closed for a number of hours."
Police lastly agreed to re-open the street at 9pm - nearly ten hours after it was first closed, inflicting chaos on the roads across the Lothian cities of Whitburn and Blackburn, south-west of Edinburgh. Members of the general public who had been on the street on the time and will have captured the collision on dashcam are being urged to get in contact with the police.
A Police Scotland spokesperson mentioned: "Following the multi-vehicle crash on the M8 between junctions 4 and 4a yesterday, Saturday, 16 July, a 23-year-old man can be reported for careless driving. The street reopened at round 9.15pm.
"Enquiries are ongoing and any drivers with dashcam footage ought to contact officers on 101 quoting incident 2145 of 16 July."
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