Pedestrian seriously injured in taxi crash

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving a taxi.

The collision happened on Argyle Street in Glasgow city centre at around 9.45pm on Wednesday.

The pedestrian, a 55-year-old man, was taken to the city’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with serious injuries.

The 31-year-old man police said was the driver of the taxi will be reported to the procurator fiscal in connection with the incident.

The road was closed near Argyle Street’s Four Corners junction for investigations for around three hours following the crash and later reopened.