A three-year-old boy has died following a road traffic crash in Morningside earlier today.
The collision, on Morningside Road involved a red Kia motor car and two pedestrians.
As a result, a 37-year-old woman and a three-year-old boy were taken to hospital, where the boy died and the woman was treated for her injuries.
Inspector Roger Park of Edinburgh Road Policing Unit said: “The heartfelt thoughts of my colleagues and I remain with the families involved in this absolutely tragic incident. We are providing support to the family and I would ask that the privacy of those involved are respected at this time.
“Our enquiries will continue to establish the full circumstances of the collision. I would ask that anyone who witnessed the incident or who may have dash cam or CCTV footage and who has so far not spoken to the Police to contact us on 101 quoting incident no. 1798 of 30/06/2020.”
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.
