Police are appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision in Bathgate.

The incident happened around 9.40pm last night on Station Road, Armadale, where a driver of a blue Audi A3 travelling south, collided with a 15-year-old male youth.

Emergency services attended the scene and the injured man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where his condition was described as serious.

The road was closed for around six hours to allow a full collision investigation to take place.

Sergeant Jill Kirkpatrick, of Road Policing East, said: “A teenager has been seriously injured as a result of this road traffic collision and we are looking for the public’s help to establish exactly what happened.

“I would urge anyone who was in the area at the time or anyone who was driving on the road with dashcam footage to please get in contact with Police”

Police Scotland can be contacted on 101 quoting incident number 3894 of Sunday 1 March, 2020.

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.