{"id":481399,"date":"2025-10-07T22:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/481399\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:57:13","slug":"edinburgh-motorist-crashes-into-embankment-as-paramedics-race-to-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/481399\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh motorist crashes into embankment as paramedics race to the scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The moments after a vehicle crashed into the embankment barrier were captured by a shocked motorist on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/traffic-and-travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Calder Road.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Calder Road.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At around 6.35pm emergency services were called into action with paramedics seen &#8216;treating a motorist&#8217; during the October 7 incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Traffic travelling westbound in front of the Burton&#8217;s Biscuit factory was slow, with one lane partially closed during rush hour.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is not yet known what led to the crash or if anyone was taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An eyewitness said: &#8220;I took the pictures at 6.35pm, and the police had only just arrived on the scene, with the ambulance just there before them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Join<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">  <b> Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> <b>and get the latest news sent<\/b> <b>straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The paramedic appeared to be treating at least a driver in the crashed car.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Motorist crashes in embankment barrier during rush hour.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a17256b52caf3d82ec77a672994c8e62.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Motorist crashes in embankment barrier during rush hour. -Credit:SWD Media Limited<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Given the time of day traffic was heavy and very slow moving in the left hand lane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b> <b>Sign up for<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=52589817-5145-4bda-812c-35c36c95fb08&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live newsletters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b> Edinburgh Live newsletters <\/b> <\/a> <b>for more headlines straight to your inbox<\/b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Police Scotland;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Police Scotland<\/a> have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The moments after a vehicle crashed into the embankment barrier were captured by a shocked motorist on Calder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,159746,133,4884,159745,31068,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-481399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-embankment","11":"tag-emergency-services","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-media-limited","14":"tag-paramedics","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115335361606651226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}