A teenage girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being struck by a bus on a Scots road. The 13-year-old had been walking along the A72 at Esheils, near Peebles in the Scottish Borders, on Monday, September 5, when she was mowed down by the vehicle.
Emergency services scrambled to the scene after receiving the alarm at 4.10pm. Medics attended and rushed her to the New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Hospital for sick kids, where her condition has been described as critical.
The stretch of road between Cardrona and Peebles was closed for five hours to allow officers to launch their investigation. It was reopened at around five hours later at 9pm.
