Man dies after being hit by car in Edinburgh Tesco car park
A man has died after he was hit by a car in an Edinburgh supermarket car park.
The 66-year-old was walking in the Corstorphine Tesco Extra car park on Meadow Place Road when he was hit by a blue Volkswagen Polo.
Emergency services, including an air ambulance, attended but despite paramedics’ efforts to save his life, the man died a short time later. A Police Scotland spokesman said his next of kin have been made aware.
The area of the car park was closed for hours while investigations were carried out and reopened at around 1.20pm. There were no other reported injuries.
Sergeant Paul Ewing said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who has died. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what occurred and I am appealing to anyone who has information to come forward.
“In addition, anyone with dash-cam footage which may assist is asked to please contact us.
Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting incident number 0688 of February 18.