{"id":211458,"date":"2025-06-24T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211458\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:00:16","slug":"busy-edinburgh-road-locked-down-after-bus-seen-with-hole-in-its-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211458\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy Edinburgh road locked down after bus seen with &#8216;hole in its side&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An eye witness noted that &#8220;there&#8217;s a hole in the side of the bus&#8221;.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_PHOTO-2025-06-24-19-54-01.png\" alt=\"Emergency services locked down the street.&#10;\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Emergency services locked down the street.<br \/>\n(Image: Edinburgh Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency crews have locked down <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/travel\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh&#8217;s<\/a> Haymarket Terrace as bus seen with &#8220;hole in the side of it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) height appliance was deployed and spotted next to a double decker bus which has had an upper deck window removed, shown in images shared with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/news\/edinburgh-news\/edinburgh-emergency-services-shut-key-31927355\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Edinburgh LiveLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police Scotland are on scene and have closed the road in both directions while paramedics were also spotted responding to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/travel\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The fire service confirmed they received a report to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/travel\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">assist<\/a> the Scottish Ambulance Service at around 7.09pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One eye witness said: &#8220;I saw an ambulance take off and a ladder truck coming away from the window. There&#8217;s a hole in the side of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/travel\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">bus<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_unnamed-40.jpg\" alt=\"Police were on the scene\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Police were on the scene<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/travel\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Tram<\/a> services passing through the area have been temporarily suspended while Lothian Buses have said the 3 4 12 25 26 31 33 44 100 113 X19 X18 X7 X4 services will experience delays and diversions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police Scotland and the ambulance service have been approached for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/travel\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">comment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Earlier this month, in a separate incident, we reported that a BMW driver <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ploughed<\/a> into an Edinburgh garden causing terrified kids to take cover in their homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On the evening of June 10, Shona Halliday was at her house in Dalkeith when a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">motorist<\/a> &#8220;came through the fence to her garden&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Footage from the garden shows the BMW 3 series on the lawn, with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">damage<\/a> to the front of the vehicle and the wooden fence crumpled underneath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Shona and her neighbour both have 13-year-old boys, who she said &#8220;could have been out playing in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">garden<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers have since <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> a 32-year-old driver, who is due to appear in court on July 2. Police have said no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_unnamed-4.png\" alt=\"A driver ploughed through a fence\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>A driver ploughed through a fence(Image: Edinburgh Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At the time, Shona said: &#8220;This happened at 9.05pm last night on Thornybank Grove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He drove into the Woodburn pavilion car park, then <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">drove<\/a> right through the boundary fence through my garden and through me and my neighbour&#8217;s fence. Then was trying to reverse back out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Neighbour and a bystander got him out the car and held him till the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> came. No one was hurt but myself and my neighbour has 13-year-old boys who could have been out in the garden, such a shock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAround 9.05pm on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025, we received a report of a one vehicle <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">crash<\/a> on Thornybank Grove, Dalkeith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOfficers attended, and no <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/car-crashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">injuries<\/a> were reported. 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