A police probe has been launched into a horror collision which saw a car burst into flames.
The collision, between a car and a bus, took place on Cowcaddens Road in Glasgow just after 6am on Thursday, and left a child and four others rushed to hospital for treatment.
Two CalMac Ferries workers, who had been on the bus at the time of the crash, raced to free two men who had become trapped in the badly damaged car seconds before it went up in flames.
Three fire engines were sent to the scene while crews helped administer first aid to those injured. The city centre road remained closed while fire crews extinguished the powerful blaze.
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Four adults were rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment, while the child was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children. The current condition of all injured persons is unknown.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent four appliances to the scene with video footage capturing the crews swiftly extinguishing the flames which had engulfed the car.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 6.15am on Thursday 30 June, to a report of a crash in Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, involving a bus and a car.
“The road was closed between Cambridge Street and West Nile Street and re-opened around 8.05am. A number of people from the car have been taken to hospital for treatment. There were no other reported injuries.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 6.19am on Thursday, June 30 to reports of a road traffic collision in Glasgow involving a car and a bus.
"Operations Control mobilised four appliances to the city's Cowcaddens Road, where firefighters extinguished a fire which had taken hold of a vehicle. Crews also provided treatment to a number of casualties and worked to make the area safe.
"Five casualties were thereafter passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service, with four being taken on to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Firefighters thereafter left the scene."
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