{"id":611224,"date":"2025-12-04T08:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611224\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:06:15","slug":"man-arrested-after-woman-killed-by-car-in-glasgow-harbour-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611224\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after woman killed by car in Glasgow Harbour ‘hit and run’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection and enquiries are ongoing.\"PolicePolice Scotland launched an investigation after the death of the woman(Image: Gary F McHarg)<\/p>\n

A man has been arrested after the death of a young woman who was allegedly struck by a car in a “hit-and-run”. Emergency services<\/a> raced to the scene after the crash happened at a crossing island near to Burger King and Starbucks on Castlebank Street at Glasgow Harbour.<\/p>\n

Police and ambulance crews attended after the alarm was raised at around 8.45pm on Tuesday, December 2. The female pedestrian<\/a> was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital but tragically died a short time after arriving.<\/p>\n

An investigation was launched to track down the vehicle involved which was travelling west on Castlebank Street at the time of the incident<\/a>. Officers<\/a> have now confirmed the car, which left the scene prior to police arrival, has been traced.<\/p>\n

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A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection and enquiries are ongoing. Photos<\/a> taken at the crash site show a heavy police presence near the entrance to the Burger King, situated a stone’s throw from the Clydeside Expressway.<\/p>\n

Officers dressed in black could be seen pacing the street while others stood guard. The entire area was taped off and signs erected to keep drivers <\/a>and pedestrians away from the vicinity.<\/p>\n

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash on Castlebank Street in Glasgow. The crash happened around 8.45pm on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at a crossing island near to the entrance for Burger King and Starbucks.<\/p>\n

“The female pedestrian was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital but pronounced dead a short time after arrival. The car left the scene prior to police arrival and was later traced.<\/p>\n

“The road was closed to allow enquiries to be carried out and has since re-opened. A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection and enquiries are ongoing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection and enquiries are ongoing.Police Scotland launched an investigation after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,2605,918,4884,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-611224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-car-crashes","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-police-scotland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115660272115515384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}