Police are appealing for witnesses after a road traffic collision on the A720 Edinburgh City By-pass which took lace around 6.10am on Monday 19th February.

The driver of a black Ford Focus involved in the collision abandoned his car at the scene, causing considerable disruption to traffic.

Officers are now keen to speak to witnesses and are appealing for the driver of the Ford Focus to get in contact.

Constable Alan Musgrave of the Trunk Roads Policing Group said: “We are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed this collision and are particularly asking the driver of the abandoned Ford Focus car to get in touch.

“Anyone with information is asked to contact us on 101 quoting incident number 0425 of 19th February.”

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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.