Police in Edinburgh are currently dealing with a fatal road traffic accident on Waverley Bridge, which happened shortly after 5pm.
Traffic in the area is congested as Waverley Bridge is completely closed, and will remain so for some hours while full accident investigations are carried out.
The accident involved a man being struck by a car on the bridge near to the pedestrian ramp entrance to Waverley Station.
Details of the victim will be released once next-of-kin are notified.
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.
