A teenager has been charged following the death of 33-year-old nurse Jill Pirrie who was struck by a car on the A7 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, on Thursday night.
The 33-year-old was returning home from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after completing a shift there.
AÂ spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “An 18 year old man has been arrested and charged with a number of road traffic offences, following the fatal collision on Old Dalkeith Road in Edinburgh on Thursday 12th May in which 33-year-old Jill Pirrie died.
“The male is expected to appear before Edinburgh Sheriff Court tomorrow, Wednesday 18th May.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
