A 63-year-old man has died after being hit by a car on Edinburgh's Queensferry Road.
Police closed the route between the junctions of Parkgrove Avenue and Drum Brae North for around four hours following the accident, which happened at around 9.10pm on Tuesday.
As reported by the Edinburgh Evening News, the man has been named as Ian Meldrum. He is believed to have stepped off a bus before being hit by the car – a Nissan Note.
Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sergeant Jennifer Forbes of Edinburgh Road Policing Unit said that they have already spoken to some witnesses, but want anyone else who saw what happened to come forward.
She said: “Enquires into this crash are ongoing. We have already spoken to a number of people who witnessed the incident but would appeal to anyone we haven’t spoken to regarding this to please contact us.
“I would also urge anyone with dashcam footage to get in contact with police.”
Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 101, quoting incident number 3488 of Tuesday, 7 January.
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