A MAN was injured after he was struck by a falling tree near Barrhead. 

Emergency services responded to the scene on Barrhead Road near to Boydstone Road after the alarm was raised at around 1.30pm yesterday. 

Barrhead News: The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris] The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris]

Officers confirmed that the man was being treated by paramedics at the scene. 

Barrhead News: The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris] The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris]

Barrhead News: The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris] The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris]

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers received report of a man having been injured after being struck by a fallen tree on Barrhead Road near to Boydstone Road around 1.30pm on Wednesday, December 29, 2021."

Barrhead News: The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris]The scene at Barrhead Road in Glasgow where a man was injured after being struck by a falling tree. [Photograph by Gordon Terris]