Man, 23, dies following two car crash on A7
Last updated 30th Oct 2023
A man has died following a two-car crash on the A7 north of Heriot.
The 23-year-old was driving a black Audi A3 near to the Borders boundary with Midlothian when it was involved in a collision with a black Range Rover.
Emergency services raced to the scene, just south of the junction for Tynehead, after the alarm was raised around 12.40pm yesterday (Sunday).
But he was pronounced dead on their arrival.
Three people in the other vehicle were also injured - a 45-year-old man who was driving the Range Rover, and his two passengers; a 15-year-old girl and a nine-year-old boy.
They were taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Royal Hospital for Children in Edinburgh for treatment.
The road was closed for more than seven hours while officers examined the scene but has since reopened.
And police are now appealing to anyone with information to contact them.
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Sergeant David Waddell, from Police Scotland, said: “We are in the process of establishing the full circumstances and I would ask any members of the public who have not spoken to us yet to contact us, any small piece of information could prove significant.
"I would also appeal to anyone with dash cams or home recording equipment to check their footage as it could assist us in our investigation.”
Meanwhile, police are appealing for information after a car was stolen from outside an address in Hawick.
The white Ford Fiesta ST - registration T40 CKR - was taken from Wallace Court sometime overnight last Monday.
Callers can contact police on 101 and should quote reference number 0420 of Tuesday, October, 24th. Alternatively, information can be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 1884 of October 29th, 2023.