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Young Edinburgh Men 'Seriously Injured' as Police Hunt Hit-and-Run Quad Bike Rider
Two males aged 15 and 20 were seriously injured and hospitalized after a quad bike hit-and-run; police seek witnesses with dashcam or CCTV footage.
- On Saturday around 3pm, a quad bike hit-and-run in the Niddrie Mains Road area near the Jack Kane Community Centre left a 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man seriously injured and hospitalized.
- Police Scotland opened enquiries and Detective Sergeant Alex Johnston said: `Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances, and we ask anyone in Niddrie on Saturday who saw the quad bike or witnessed the crash to contact 101, quoting incident 2026 of the November 15.`
- Pictures from the scene showed two taped-off areas in the park and tyre marks in the grass, while locals reported a police helicopter circling the neighbourhood on Saturday evening.
- Officers are hunting for the quad bike rider after they failed to stop, and police released a statement urging witnesses to come forward.
- Witnesses in the Niddrie area are urged to contact police if they saw a quad bike on Saturday or have dashcam or private CCTV footage of the incident.
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