A man has been injured in a collision between a car and a fire engine.

The crash happened on Alexandra Park Street in Glasgow at around 10am on Thursday.

The man, believed to be the driver of the car, was taken to the city's Royal Infirmary.

He is not thought to have been seriously injured.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said the engine was on its way to a false alarm on Aberfeldy Street when the crash happened.

A spokesman said: "Operations Control immediately mobilised three further appliances and a heavy rescue unit to the scene.

"Firefighters removed one male casualty from the car and he was thereafter taken to hospital for precautionary checks. The crew will also undergo precautionary checks.

"The appliance involved in the collision had been responding to the fire alarm at the flat in the city's Aberfeldy Street."

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service added: "We received a call at 9.59am today to attend an incident on Alexandra Park Street.

"We dispatched one ambulance to the scene and one male patient was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary."