A police investigation is underway after a nine-year-old boy was seriously injured following a collision with a car in Easter Drylaw Place shortly before 8.50am this morning.

The youngster is understood to have been walking to school when he was struck by a Volkswagen Polo. He has been taken to hospital with a serious head injury which is not believed to be life-threatening.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Police in Edinburgh were called to Easter Drylaw Place at around 8.50am on Wednesday following a report of a collision between a Volkswagen Polo and a pedestrian.

“A nine-year-old boy has been taken to the Sick Kids Hospital with a serious head injury and enquiries are ongoing.”

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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.