TORONTO – At least six people are dead after a garbage truck mounted a curb in downtown Glasgow, Scotland Monday afternoon.
The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. local time at George Square.
According to reports, the truck mounted a curb and crashed into a group of pedestrians waiting to cross a road. The truck came to a stop after crashing into the side of the Millennium Hotel in George Square.
Passersby tweeted images of the scene where at least six ambulances and multiple fire trucks can be seen.
Police have closed off a number of streets in the downtown core.
According to Sky News, the numbered of injured appear to be in the “double figures.”
According to police, the garbage truck struck a group of people outside the Gallery of Modern Art, then continued towards George Square.
“There have been a number of fatalities and people injured,” police said in a statement.
The cause of the crash is not yet known.
“This is a tragic incident which has taken place at a very bust time in the centre of our city,” Wayne Mawson, Assistant Chief Constable, said in a statement.
Emergency services are asking residents, who were in the area at the time of the incident, to call home to let friends and family know there are safe.
Superintendent Stewart Carle of Police Scotland said the truck hit a number of pedestrians as it veered out of control along a crowded road in the city centre.
He said the incident was “a road traffic accident, nothing more sinister.”
“For now it does not look to be a criminal or deliberate act that has taken place here this afternoon, but we need to have time to investigate it,” he said, adding that the truck driver is being treated in a nearby hospital.
-with files from The Associated Press
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