Police have rushed to Edinburgh's Gilmerton after a cyclist was thrown off their bike.
The alarm was raised just after 12.10pm on Saturday when the man came off his two-wheeler on the junction at Double Hedges Road and Gilmerton Road.
Emergency services attended and, as of 2pm, were still at the scene.
The full circumstances behind the incident are still unknown and the cyclist was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment.
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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a cyclist having come off his bicycle at the junction of Gilmerton Road and Double Hedges Road in Edinburgh shortly after 12.10pm on Saturday, 24 September.
“Emergency services attended and the man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Hospital for treatment.”
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