A man is in hospital after being struck by a car in Glasgow on Friday evening.

Emergency services raced to South Scott Street in Ballieston at around 5.25pm to reports of a disturbance.

Eyewitnesses suggested that multiple emergency services units were on the scene to deal with the incident. 

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Police are understood to be following a positive line of enquiry, and it is believed the man was deliberately targeted by a vehicle driver.

He is currently in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where hospital staff describe his condition as stable.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "At 5.25pm police were called to reports of a disturbance on South Scott Street.

"A 47-year-old was taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition.

"Police are following a line of inquiry."