A 13-year-old boy was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after being struck by a Citroen car on Colinton Road near Craiglockhart Avenue at about 8.10am this morning.
His injuries are not thought to be serious.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “The male driver of the Citroen and the male driver an articulated lorry, which was parked on the eastbound carriageway, have been charged in connection with this and issued with a fixed penalty ticket.”
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.
