Police are investigation the circumstances behind a road traffic collision which happened around 8.15pm of Sunday, September 17, opposite the Cat & Dog Home on Seafield Road.
A 58-year-old male rider of a red BMW motorcycle collided with a traffic island and fell from his bike.
He sustained serious injuries and was treated at the scene by the Scottish Ambulance Service before being taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The rider remains in hospital where he is being treated.
Inquiries are ongoing and officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Officers are particularly eager to speak to the occupants of three cars who are seen on CCTV to be travelling behind the motorcyclist.
Police Constable Paul Dinwoodie of Edinburgh’s Roads Policing Unit said: “It is not thought that any other vehicles were involved in the collision, however we are especially interested in hearing from the occupants of the three cars that were seen to be travelling behind the motorcyclist.
“Anyone who does have information, or was travelling in those cars at the time of the collision, is asked to get in touch with us as soon as possible.”
Those with information are asked to contact officers at Edinburgh’s Roads Policing Unit on 101, quoting incident number 3757 of September 17.
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.
