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One person taken to hospital after ambulance crash closes road

BBC A badly damaged ambulance after colliding with a traffic pole on an island in the middle of a main road. The pole is bent and sticking out in front of the ambulance. There is gridlocked traffic in the background as well as another ambulance and a police carBBC
Police said the incident happened on Lothian Road, at its junction with West Approach Road, in Edinburgh city centre

One person has been taken to hospital after a crash involving an ambulance closed a major road in Edinburgh city centre.

Police Scotland said the incident happened on Lothian Road, at its junction with West Approach Road, at about 17:00.

A short time later, a two-vehicle crash, involving a marked police car, was reported on Shandwick Place at the junction with Princes Street.

There were no reports of any injuries and Lothian Road and Shandwick Place have since reopened.