A TANKER has crashed into a car on the M8, causing tailbacks.

The incident has occurred on the motorway westbound and junction 23, near Govan.

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Traffic Scotland altered its Twitter users to the incident at around 8.30am.

The team wrote: “#M8 W/B 23 Govan - a RTC invloving a tanker and another vehicle is blocking lane 1 of 3. Traffic slow on approach. TRISS and Police en route.”

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