An 83-year-old male pedestrian was taken to The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment after being struck by a car which was being driven on Princes Street around 5.35pm on Friday, 21 June 2024. 

Officers are now appealing for information and are asking anyone with dashcam footage of the area to come forward. 

Constable Chris Beddows said: “Our enquiries are ongoing and we are now appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash to contact us. 

“We also ask motorists with dashcam footage of the area at the time to come forward.” 

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting incident 2965 of 21 June, 2024. 

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.