Petrol tanker collides with HGV on A8

EMERGENCY services dealt with a collision between a petrol tanker and a heavy goods vehicle on the A8 today.

The collision took place between Ratho Station and Edinburgh Airport at around 9.30am. One man was taken to hospital with back injuries. No fuel was spilt.

In a separate incident, a man was rescued from his car near Gorebridge just after 8.30am, after it left the A7 at Newton Loan Toll and landed on its roof in a field. He declined hospital treatment.