Two men were taken to hospital following a collision between a motorbike and a car which happened on Niddrie Mains Road shortly before 9.20am this morning.
The motorcyclist and a passenger in the car were taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary following the crash and the road was closed for 40 minutes.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We received a call at 9.19am today to attend a road traffic collision on Niddrie Mains Road.
“We dispatched two ambulances and a paramedic response unit. The first unit arrived on scene within one minute.
“Two male patients were taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”
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.