Justice · A70 collisionCarnwath bus crash: Driver, 70, critically injured in collision with bin lorryWritten November 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Carnweth bus crash, driver70, critically injured in collision with bin lorry.0:06A bus driver suffered critical injuries when his bus collided with a bin lorry.0:10Two men needed hospital treatment, and the A70 in Carnwath was closed for about0:15thirteen hours.0:16Police are still trying to find out how the vehicles collided.0:18Emergency services attended the collision on Edinburgh Road in Carnwath, South0:22Lanarkshire.0:23Police were alerted at about twenty to three on Friday afternoon, November0:27thirteenth, twenty twenty-six.0:29The crash involved a bus and a bin lorry.0:31Medical staff described the seventy-year old bus driver's condition as critical.0:36He was alone in the bus.0:37The fifty-one year old male passenger from the bin lorry was stable.0:41Those conditions date from November14.0:43There hasn't been a later medical update.0:45The injured man from the lorry was traveling as a passenger.0:48The bus had no passengers aboard.0:50The bus driver was flown to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.0:54The injured lorry passenger was first taken to Wishaw General Hospital.0:57He was later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.1:00Subscribe to this channel to follow the investigation and any updates on the injured1:04men.1:04The A70 reopened at half past three on Saturday morning, November14 th, after a1:09closure of about thirteen hours.1:11Traffic could use the road again while officers continued their inquiries into the1:14collision.1:15Sergeant Stephen MacDonald has appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.1:19He's also asking motorists to check dash cam footage from the area around the time1:23of the crash, in case it captured something that could help investigators.1:26Police haven't said what caused the collision.1:28Anyone with information can contact Police Scotland on one hundred and one using the1:32incident reference in the appeal.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
