A bin lorry has smashed into a crowd of Christmas shoppers in Glasgow city centre, killing six people.
The number of people injured in the accident is believed to be in double figures.
The crowd were waiting to cross the road outside Queen Street station by the Millennium Hotel in the centre of the city and some people are thought to have been thrown up to 15 metres from the site of impact.
As many as six ambulances are at the scene, along with the police and fire service and pictures on social media show people being treated along the length of the street.
A woman who witnessed the entire event told Sky News: "The only way the lorry stopped was actually hitting the building."
Sky correspondent James Matthews who is at the scene asked the witness to tell him about the people on the pavement who had been hit.
The distressed woman said: "I can't, honestly I just can't do that."
She went on to say: "When something is coming up behind them like that, how can they run out of the way? It's such a horrific thing. There was noise and bangs and screams.
"There was a baby in a buggy. There were actually two little kids. It was just horrific."
Sky's James Matthews said: "There is no structural damage to the hotel. This is bang in the middle of Glasgow's shopping area.
"The lorry collided with pedestrians before ramming into the hotel."
A witness told Sky News: "People were just in shock Just standing about screaming. A mother with her baby in the pram she had fainted. Apparently the lorry had just missed her and her child."
Police have declared the scene a major incident. A statement released by Police Scotland said: "About 2.30pm today, a Glasgow City Council bin lorry was travelling north on Queen Street when it appeared to strike pedestrians outside the Gallery of Modern Art.
"It continued to travel towards George Square, when it crashed at the Millennium Hotel on Queen Street at George Square.
"There have been a number of fatalities and people injured. Emergency services are currently at the scene."
Police say the lorry travelled 300 metres from the moment of initial impact until it stopped.
Lauren Gilmore, a shopper in George Square, said: "Just over a year ago, we had another tragedy in Glasgow – it was the helicopter crash. And now this has happened again just before Christmas."
Witness Connor Gillies a reporter with Radio Clyde told Sky News that the whole of Queen Street has been cordoned off and emergency services are arriving by the minute.
Describing the scene on Twitter, Brett Molloy tweeted: "Christ something major has kicked off at Queen St."
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Gallery: Bin Lorry Crashes Into Glasgow Shoppers
The rubbish lorry crashed through shoppers in Glasgow before hitting the Millennium Hotel in St George Square. Pic: Radio Clyde
Witnesses described the lorry mounting the pavement and driving for several hundred yards
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