A 24-year-old male cyclist was taken to hospital after he knocked down by a car on East Preston Street this morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene around 6:30am.
The cyclist was treated at the scene before being taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Several roads around the scene of the accident were closed following the collision.
Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “We were called around 6.30am to a report of a serious crash between a car and a cyclist in East Preston Street, Edinburgh.
“A 24-year-old man was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by the Scottish Ambulance Service.”
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.
