An 80-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after being struck by an unoccupied Royal Mail van in Balerno earlier this morning.
Officers were called to the scene at Mansfield Road just before 10am and road closures remain in place.
The woman’s injuries are believed to be minor.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Police in Edinburgh were called to Mansfield Road in the Balerno area around 9.55am on Wednesday 7 June following a report that a Royal Mail Van, which was unoccupied, had collided with a pedestrian.
“An 80-year-old woman was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with a serious, but non life-threatening, head injury. The road was closed until around 2.10pm while investigations were conducted at the scene.
“Anyone who may have witnessed this and has not yet spoken to officers is urged to contact Road Policing on 101, quoting incident number 1017 of 7 June 2017.”
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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.
