Two people have died and four children are in hospital after a horror head-on collision on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Emergency services scrambled to the A71 near East Calder, after the alarm was raised at around 1pm on Wednesday, August 3. Officers had received a report of a head on collision between a black Audi A6 and a black Mercedes GLC on the road.
Ambulance crews attended but the occupants of the Audi, an 80-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman, were pronounced dead at the scene. Their family has been informed. The occupants of the Mercedes car - a 29-year-old female driver and four children aged 3, 9, 10 and 14 - were rushed to hospital.
The road was closed for several hours as investigators carried out enquiries are the scene. Following the tragic incident police are appealing for information and a probe is underway to establish the full circumstances.
Sergeant Scott Kirkpatrick said: "I am appealing for motorists who were on this road around the time of the incident to contact us with any information they may have.
"Two people have lost their lives and five people were injured in this collision and their families will want to know the full circumstances of what has happened. If anyone has any dash cam footage, I would ask that it is handed to police as it could assist our ongoing inquiries.”
Anyone with any information is asked to call Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 1552 of August 3.
