A man has been killed after being hit by a taxi on a Scots road.
The 20-year-old was being struck by the silver Skoda Superb private hire on the A75 Gretna to Stranraer Road, near to Inch Church, Castle Kennedy, at around 8.20pm yesterday.
Emergency crews raced to the incident but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 56-year-old male driver, his 18-year-old male passenger and 71-year-old female passenger were uninjured.
The road was closed for around eight hours while enquiries were carried out.
Sergeant Bob McNay, from Police Scotland's Road Policing Unit, said: "Our thoughts are with the family of the man who sadly lost his life, and those directly affected by this incident.
“It is important that we establish exactly what happened here and, although we have spoken to a number of people, we are continuing to appeal for anyone with any information to come forward.
"We are also keen to speak to anyone who may have dash cam footage which captures the vehicle or the pedestrian to get in contact, as they may be able to assist our enquiries.”
Anyone with any information, should contact police on 101, quoting incident 3746 of Saturday, 30 October, 2021.
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