A pensioner has died after being hit by a bus in Edinburgh.
The incident occurred around 5.35pm on Saturday on Haymarket Terrace in the city centre.
Emergency services rushed to the area following the collision however the 79-year-old male pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sergeant Barry Sommerville, from the Edinburgh Road Policing Unit, said: “At this time, our thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the man who died.
“We are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances of this incident and would appeal to anyone who was in the Haymarket Terrace or Clifton Terrace area around the time of the crash to please come forward.
“If you have any information, or potential dashcam footage, which could assist our enquiries, please call police on 101, quoting incident 2828 of February 4.”
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