A police investigation is underway after an 80-year-old woman died during a crash on the southbound carriageway of the A1, between Gladsmuir and Abbotsview, near the Abbotsview junction which happened around 4.30pm yesterday afternoon.
The woman, who was travelling in a Toyota Yaris, suffered serious injuries in the crash with a Renault Megane and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Two others were seriously hurt in the crash and a four-year-old boy was taken to hospital as a precaution.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “The 30-year-old male driver of the Renault and his 31-year-old female passenger were also seriously injured and have been taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.
“A four-year-old boy, who was within the rear of the Renault was taken to the Sick Kids Hospital as a precaution.
“Road policing officers closed the road for around seven hours while they conducted inquiries at the scene.”
He appealed for anyone with information about the collision to contact Police Scotland.
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.
