Police appealing for information following a crash on Newhailes Road in Musselburgh.
The crash happened around 7.15pm on Saturday, 10 August, 2024 and involved a blue Audi Q3 and an orange KTM motorbike.
The 33-year-old male motorcyclist who was seriously injured was taken to The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment. The driver and passenger of the Audi were not injured.
Police Sergeant Grant Hastie of the Road Policing Unit said: “Our enquiries into the full set of circumstances of what happened is underway.
“The orange KTM motorbike was seen shortly before the crash riding in tandem with another motorbike riding westbound on Newailes Road towards Edinburgh.
We are keen to trace the second motorcyclist, he or she may be able to assist with our enquiries into the crash.
“I would ask anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who may have dash-cam footage and has not yet spoken to or provided this information to officers, to contact us as soon as possible.
“The road re-opened around 11.30pm. I want to thank members of the public for their patience while we investigated this serious collision.”
Anyone with information should call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 3262 of Saturday, 10 August, 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.
