Witness appeal after 63-year-old man dies following collision

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 63-year-old man died as a result of a road traffic collision which took place around 9.10pm last night when a Nissan Note car collided with a pedestrian on Queensferry Road, between the junctions with Parkgrove Avenue and Drum Brae North.

The 63-year-old pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene
and Queensferry Road was closed for around four hours.

Sergeant Jennifer Forbes of Edinburgh Road Policing Unit said:
“Enquires into this crash are ongoing. We have already spoken to a number of
people who witnessed the incident but would appeal to anyone we haven’t spoken
to regarding this to please contact us.

“I would also urge anyone with dashcam footage to get in
contact with police.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101
quoting incident number 3488 of Tuesday, 7 January, 2020.