A bin lorry has crashed into a garden in Glasgow.

It is understood the driver took ill at the wheel at around 11am in Croftside Avenue, near King's Park.

Emergency services, including police and ambulance crews, raced to the scene.

The driver was taken to the city's Victoria Infirmary.

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: “We are aware of an incident in which a bin lorry left the road earlier this morning. The driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital to be checked over. It is a huge relief that no-one appears to have been injured.

"We are assisting the police with their enquiries.”

A city council source later revealed the driver was a 48-year-old man from Glasgow. He was driving a 16-tonne vehicle which was believed to have only been travelling at 1mph when it crashed through a hedge.

The lorry itself had, as usual, had its daily check at its Polmadie Depot on Glasgow’s South Side.

Tests for alcohol, standard in any road traffic incident of this nature, proved negative.

The driver is not known to have had any health issues which would have provided cause for concern.

Bin lorry crashes into garden in Glasgow's south side. More @TheEveningTimes pic.twitter.com/RngQPy5Bf7 — Catriona Stewart (@LadyCatHT) April 14, 2015

The driver of the council bin lorry was alone in the cab when his two colleagues are said to have seen he was becoming unwell.

They managed to jump into the vehicle and pull the handbrake as the lorry veered towards the property.

Fortunately, no one was at home in the four-in-a-block residence.

The front half of the lorry came to rest in the front garden while the back was across the pavement.

One onlooker said: "I can't believe this has happened again. It makes me feel sick. It's just lucky the street is quiet."

Bin lorry narrowly misses home after driver 'becomes unwell' at the wheel. pic.twitter.com/Yyb3UYvUpS — Catriona Stewart (@LadyCatHT) April 14, 2015

Lorry moved back out onto the road now. Neighbour says "I was held back at work or it would have gone over my car." pic.twitter.com/1iHpfHefOl — Catriona Stewart (@LadyCatHT) April 14, 2015