Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident this morning in which a pedal cyclist was struck and seriously injured by a following car.
The accident happened on the westbound A904, South Queensferry to Linlithgow road, approximately 25 metres east of its junction with Headrigg Road, South Queensferry.
The male cyclist was taken to hospital with a serious head injury, and has been placed in an induced coma.
Sergeant Gary Taylor, of the Livingston-based Road Policing Unit, is in charge of the investigation. He said: This road is very busy at this time in the morning, with most traffic heading towards Edinburgh, and I am appealing to any motorist who saw this collision, or a white Audi TT and a pedal cyclist, around 7.30am.”
Anyone with any information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101 or they can provide the information anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
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.
