Police are appealing for the driver of a silver or grey pick up to come forward to assist enquiries into a fatal crash involving a van and cyclist in West Calder.

Around 8.45am on Friday, 2 May, 2025 officers received a report of a crash involving white Vauxhall van and a cyclist on the A70 near Harburn.

Emergency services attended and the 65-year-old male cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sergeant Fraser Mitchell said: “As our investigation progresses, it has now been established that a silver or grey pick-up style vehicle was in the area around the time of the crash.

“It is possible that the driver may have information that would assist our enquiries and I would ask that they come forward.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference 0749 of 2 May, 2025.

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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.

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