Police Scotland has officially named the victim of the fatal collision on Thursday 27th March around 9pm on the A71.
41 year old John Higgins died as a result of the crash, and his family have released the following words.
“John Higgins was a devoted father, loving son, brother, nephew and wonderful uncle. He will be dearly missed by all his family and the rest of the West Calder and Polbeth community”.
Enquiries are still ongoing and again we would like to appeal for witnesses who may have seen the Silver Vauxhall Vectra in the Polbeth area prior to the incident.
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.
