A young woman has died following a car crash on the A72 yesterday afternoon.
The incident occurred at around 4.30pm when a black BMW M135 travelling towards Biggar veered off the road.
Paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service and officers from Police Scotland rushed to the scene but the 20-year-old female passenger was sadly pronounced dead.
The driver, a 26-year-old man, was taken to University Hospital Wishaw for treatment.
His condition is not yet known.
The road was closed for around nine hours while officers carried out their enquiries.
It re-opened at around 1.30am today.
Cops are now urging anyone with any information on the crash to come forward.
Sergeant John Houston said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those involved at this time.
“Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what happened and we are appealing to anyone who may have information that could help to get in touch.
“I would ask anyone who was driving in the area around the time of the crash to get in touch.
"I would also appeal to anyone with dash-cam footage which may assist to contact us.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting incident 2401 of 12 March, 2022.
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