Police plea for witnesses

Police are appealing for witnesses after a car collided with a motorbike in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh.

The incident happened on Gorgie Road, outside McDonalds, around 9am on Saturday, October 9.

A silver J-reg Mercedes car was travelling east, when it was in a collision with a red Honda XR650 motorbike, which was also travelling east. The motorcyclist was knocked off his vehicle, but escaped injury, and did not need medical treatment.

Police are particularly keen to trace a motorcyclist who was passing at the time.