A bin lorry has smashed into a crowd of Christmas shoppers in Glasgow city centre, killing six people.
The number of people injured is believed to be in double figures.
The crowd were believed to have been waiting to cross the road outside Queen Street station by the Millennium Hotel in the centre of the city.
As many as six ambulances are at the scene, along with the police and fire service.
People are thought to have been thrown up to 15 metres from the site of impact. Pictures showed people being treated along the street.
A woman who witnessed the entire event told Sky News: "The only way it 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 woman said: "I 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? 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. It is not a situation whereby people have died. This is bang in the middle of Glasgow's shopping area.
"It did collide with pedestrians before ramming into the structure and that has contributed to the casualty count."
A Police Scotland spokesman confirmed there is an "ongoing serious incident" in Glasgow's George Square close to Queen Street Station.
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."
"Whole of George square is shut off, bodies on the road. Scary man. Horrible, horrible scenes. Even worse at this time of the year. City centre is an eerie, eerie place right now."
The Scottish Fire Service tweeted: "Firefighters are in attendance at a serious incident in Queen Street, Glasgow. Our crews are working alongside other emergency responders."
Janey Godley tweeted: "Utter horrific carnage people on ground getting triage street poles smashed into pavement emergency services all over it.
"Local shop keeper says bin lorry and taxi involved & lorry mounted pavement #georgessquare
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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
The rear of the lorry protrudes from the front of the hotel
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