Mother and young girl in hospital after lorry crash

Image source, Lewis Clarke

Image caption, The accident happened on the A74(M) near Moffat in the early hours of Thursday

A woman and her nine-year-old daughter are in hospital after a crash involving a car and a lorry on the A74(M) near Moffat.

The accident happened at about 04:25 and closed the motorway southbound for about eight hours.

Police said the 42-year-old woman and her child - who were travelling in the car - had been taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The driver of the lorry involved was not injured.

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