Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road collision which took place around 8.05 a.m. this morning on Niddrie Mains Road at the junction with Hay Drive.
An 81-year-old man was on foot when he was involved in a collision with a white Jaguar XF.
He has been taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment to a head injury.
Inquiries are ongoing into the full circumstances surrounding this collision and anyone with information is asked to come forward.
Sergeant Fraser Wood from the Road Policing Unit at Fettes said: “As part of our ongoing inquiries, we are eager to speak with any motorists or members of the public who were on Niddrie Mains Road on Tuesday morning and saw what happened during this incident.
“In particular, we would like any drivers with dashboard cameras, which may have captured the collision taking place to contact us immediately.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Road Policing Unit at Fettes via 101 and quote incident number 220 of the 14th November.
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.
