A person is combating for his life in hospital after being discovered severely injured in Renfrewshire.

Emergency providers had been known as to Maxwellton Street in Paisley after the alarm was raised at round 5.40pm on Sunday.

The 26-year-old man was taken by ambulance to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the place medical workers described his situation as essential.

Two males, aged 24 and 25, have been arrested in reference to the incident, police stated.

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Maxwellton Street has been closed between Maxwellton Road and Gordon Street. Local diversions are in place.

A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: "Officers remain at the scene and enquiries are continuing."