Emergency services are understood to be at the scene of a three car collision that has led to the closure of the M8 west bound junction 3A by Bathgate.
Traffic Scotland shared a post at approximately 4:54pm that stated that traffic was slowing on approach at the west bound lane was blocked due to the crash.
They later stated at 5:16pm that the lane was closed to traffic and that this was causing a back up of vehicles from junction 3A which meant a delay of at least 10 minutes for commuters.
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