A man has died after a large tree collapsed on top of him as he slept in a tent on the south bank of the Water of Leith around 3.30am this morning.
Another man who was also in the tent suffered minor injuries.
The tree is believed to have fallen naturally and officers are now trying to trace the victim’s next of kin.
A police spokeswoman said: “Police in Edinburgh were called to an area of woodlands on the south bank of the Water of Leith, accessed from Miller Row, around 3.30am on Saturday, August 6.
“A very large tree had fallen on a tent in which two men were sleeping and, sadly, one of the men was pronounced dead at the scene.”
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.
