A police investigation is underway after a champagne bottle was thrown at a moving car from an overhead bridge on the Edinburgh City Bypass near Hermiston Gait just before 4pm on Friday.

The car was being driven by a woman with a young son as a passenger. No-one was injured.

A spokeswoman for the force said: “At around 3.55pm on Friday May 10, police were called to a report of a bottle been thrown off a bridge on the Edinburgh Bypass.

“It struck a vehicle heading eastbound on the A720 near the Hermiston Gait junction.

“No-one was injured but inquiries 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.