Police have confirmed the identity of the 65-year-old man who died following a road traffic collision on Frederick Street as Roderick Lakin from London.
Officers were called to the junction of Frederick Street and Princes Street at 10.45am on Wednesday 19 August following reports of a collision involving a bus and a pedestrian.
Roderick was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, then Western General Hospital where he sadly passed away on the evening of Friday 28 August.
Sergeant Keith Denholm of Road Policing said: “We offer our sincere condolences to Roderick’s friends and family at this sad time, and I’d like to thank the public for their continued support while our investigation into this collision continues.”
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.
