Edinburgh police close busy road and buses diverted due to early morning incident
A busy Edinburgh road has been shut off by police due to an early morning incident.
Old Dalkeith Road is closed from the Cameron Toll roundabout with a police sign and cones blocking the road. A number of Lothian Bus services have also been diverted on Friday morning, March 21.
At around 4am Lothian issued a service change for the 24, 33, 38 and 49 due to a "road closure."
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A message on the bus operator's website reads: "Due to a road closure buses are unable to serve Old Dalkeith Road and are instead diverted via Moredunvale Road, Craigour Drive, Craigour Avenue, Moredun Park Road and Gilmerton Road northbound until further notice."
An eye witness who passed the scene shortly after 6am said there were no signs of police cars along the road as cars were trying to drive around the sign and continue on.
They added: "I just drove past the roundabout and saw the blue police sign with flashing lights on top of it saying the road was closed. There doesn't seem to be any police around though.
"I saw a taxi stop then just drive past and can only assume he was told to turn back as he came back a few minutes later."
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