A police investigation is underway after the death of a 63-year-old man following a car crash involving a Mercedes van in Willowbrae Road around 5.40pm yesterday.
No other vehicles were involved. The road was closed to traffic for around four hours following the road crash.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police Scotland was made aware of a road crash involving a Mercedes van at Willowbrae Road in Edinburgh around 5.40pm on Tuesday, 14 July.
“The 63-year-old male driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
“His next of kin are aware.
“No other vehicles were involved in the incident and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course. “The road was closed for around four hours to allow for an investigation to take place at the scene.”
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.
