Police are appealing for information after a pedestrian was struck by a number of vehicles on the M8 at Blackburn.
The incident happened on the westbound carriageway around 2.45am on Friday, 1 January, 2021, and the 44-year-old man died at the scene.
The road was closed while collision investigation work was carried out and re-opened around 11am.
Sergeant Jill Kirkpatrick said: “I would like to thank everyone who has helped us so far with our enquiries to establish the full circumstances of what happened and I am appealing to anyone else who may have seen this incident to get in touch.
“In particular we are keen to speak to the occupants of a white coloured car seen at the time of the collision and anyone else who may have dash-cam footage that could help with our enquiries.
“If you can help please contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 1066 of Friday, 1 January, 2021.”
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.
