THE name of the third victim from a horror crash on the M8 has been confirmed by police. 

Manveer Benning, 27, died alongside David Paton, also 27, and 31-year-old Mark Downie in the fatal incident in the early hours of Saturday. All three had previously been named locally. 

Five other men were taken to hospital when an Audi Q7 came off the motorway between Bishopton and Langbank.

M8 crash: Victims of accident that killed three are named by police

It is understood the Q7 was found overturned in a ditch, with the westbound carriageway being closed off by police as a probe of the crash site got underway.

Police later confirmed that a 35-year-old had been arrested in connection with road traffic offences following the incident.