A teenage girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being struck by a bus on a Scots road. The 13-year-old had been walking along the A72 at Esheils, near Peebles in the Scottish Borders, on Monday, September 5, when she was mowed down by the vehicle.
Emergency services scrambled to the scene after receiving the alarm at 4.10pm. Medics attended and rushed her to the New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Hospital for sick kids, where her condition has been described as critical.
The stretch of road between Cardrona and Peebles was closed for five hours to allow officers to launch their investigation. It was reopened at around five hours later at 9pm.
Officers from Police Scotland are appealing to eyewitnesses of the incident to come forward. In particular, they want to hear from those with dash-cam footage of the surrounding area.
Inspector Stephen Quinn of Lothian and Scottish Borders Road Policing said: “Our thoughts remain with those involved in the incident and we will continue to support them throughout. Our enquiries are ongoing and we have already spoken to a number of witnesses. I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this crash and hasn’t already spoken to police to contact us.
“I am also keen to obtain any dash-cam footage of the crash as well, so if you were in the area at the time and may have captured footage, then please get in touch.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting incident 2575 of 5 September, 2022.
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