Police Scotland are investigating after a woman was found dead in her car in Edinburgh on Saturday evening.
Emergency crews raced to the scene at a junction on McDonald Road just after 10pm after the alarm was raised.
Officers discovered the 83-year-old woman unconscious in her car and she was transferred to hospital but unfortunately her life could not be saved.
Police told Edinburgh Live they were treating the death as 'unexplained'.
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Shocked onlookers shared pictures from the scene, showing police and other emergency services taking action as the tragedy unfolded on Saturday night.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We received a report of a woman who was unconscious in her car at a junction on McDonald Road, Edinburgh, around 10.10pm on Saturday, 25 September.
"Officers attended alongside ambulance staff. The 83-year-old woman was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where she died.
"The incident is being treated as an unexplained medical death at this time. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course."
