Man crashed car into Clyde then swam from Clydebank to Renfrew

ENQUIRIES are ongoing after a man reportedly swam from Clydebank to Renfrew after driving his car into the river Clyde.

Police were made aware of the vehicle hurtling into the river at Dock Street, Clydebank, at around 9.35pm on Monday night.

The abandoned car was recovered from the water later that evening with nobody inside.

Police Scotland attended at the scene alongside Scottish Fire and Rescue’s water rescue unit.

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A 33-year-old man later hailed a passing police vehicle in Renfrew, claiming to have made the journey by swimming across the river from Clydebank.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland confirmed that a man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital following the incident and has since been released.

She added that, “enquiries into the incident are ongoing.”

No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the events.

We told earlier about how Britain’s luckiest driver captured 20 near misses on dashcam in just one year. 

And of the drink driver spared jail because she is a woman. 

We also told of the three-vehicle smash causing tailbacks on Glasgow’s Clydeside Expressway. 

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