POLICE are hunting for a motorist who was seen driving a car despite a missing tyre.
Officers said they received a report of a white Renault Clio travelling south on the A68 near Pathhead, in Midlothian, with damage to the front passenger side and no tyre on the front passenger side wheel.
Police were called at around 9.35am on Saturday, May 23, and later found the vehicle abandoned near the village of Crichton.
It was later discovered that the car had previously crashed on the A6106 near a service station outside Dalkeith at around 9.20am.
Constable Stewart Logan said: "Our enquiries are ongoing and I would appeal to anyone who saw the vehicle, or who witnessed the crash, to contact police.
"I would also ask anyone with dash-cam footage from the area around the time to check their footage and pass on anything of note to us."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland, quoting incident number 1240 of 23 May, 2026.
