{"id":145601,"date":"2025-05-31T01:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145601\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T01:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:51:12","slug":"crash-on-ferry-road-involving-seven-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145601\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash on Ferry Road involving seven-year-old boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  Police Scotland have issued a statement this evening after a crash on Ferry Road.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201cWe were made aware of a collision involving a car and a seven-year-old male pedestrian which happened on Ferry Road in Edinburgh shortly after 6.35pm on Friday, 30 May, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boy has been taken to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People for treatment. His injuries are serious but not described as life threatening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnquiries are ongoing and the road is currently closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FERRYROAD08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599687\"  \/>30\/5\/2025 7 year-old knocked down by driver of car on Ferry Road Edinburgh. PHOTO Craig Duncan<img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FERRYROAD07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599686\"  \/>30\/5\/2025 7 year-old knocked down by driver of car on Ferry Road Edinburgh. PHOTO Craig Duncan<img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FERRYROAD06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599685\"  \/>30\/5\/2025 7 year-old knocked down by driver of car on Ferry Road Edinburgh. PHOTO Craig Duncan<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FERRYROAD05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599684\"  \/>30\/5\/2025 7 year-old knocked down by driver of car on Ferry Road Edinburgh. PHOTO Craig Duncan<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FERRYROAD03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599682\"  \/>30\/5\/2025 7 year-old knocked down by driver of car on Ferry Road Edinburgh. PHOTO Craig Duncan<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FERRYROAD01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599680\"  \/>30\/5\/2025 7 year-old knocked down by driver of car on Ferry Road Edinburgh. PHOTO Craig Duncan<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FERRYROAD01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599679\"  \/>30\/5\/2025 7 year-old knocked down by driver of car on Ferry Road Edinburgh. PHOTO Craig Duncan<a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/crash-on-ferry-road-involving-seven-year-old-boy\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748656272_481_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/crash-on-ferry-road-involving-seven-year-old-boy\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748656272_625_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748656272_418_Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Scotland have issued a statement this evening after a crash on Ferry Road. 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