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| Eastbound M8 opens after accident | Eastbound M8 opens after accident |
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| The M8 has re-opened after being closed for nearly five hours following a fatal car crash involving a car and a lorry. | The M8 has re-opened after being closed for nearly five hours following a fatal car crash involving a car and a lorry. |
| The car, carrying a male passenger, came off the eastbound carriageway into an embankment between junctions two and three at about 1030 BST. | |
| The Scottish Ambulance Service said the man died at the scene, while the vehicle's female driver was injured. | |
| She has been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Paramedics said the lorry driver was uninjured. | She has been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Paramedics said the lorry driver was uninjured. |
| Lothian and Borders Police closed the eastbound section of the motorway while accident investigators examined the scene. | Lothian and Borders Police closed the eastbound section of the motorway while accident investigators examined the scene. |
| Diversions caused heavy congestion in the area with traffic to Edinburgh Airport affected, with police advising drivers to come off the motorway at Bathgate or East Whitburn. | |
| Officers said the carriageway was re-opened just after 1500 BST. |