Hunt for driver who hit police cones and nearly struck an officer on East Lothian main road

An appeal has been launched to find a driver who failed to stop after damaging police property and almost ran over an officer.

Police were assisting a broken down vehicle on the A1 southbound near to Wallyford in East Lothian when a dark coloured car, believed to be a Nissan Note, collided with police cones and almost hit a police car and an officer on 18 December at about 11pm.

The cones had been put in place to close one of the road's lanes while the breakdown assistance was taking place.

The vehicle in question failed to stop and police are appealing to the witnesses to the incident in a bid to help them find the driver responsible.

The A1 near Wallyford where the incident happened picture: Google Images

A police spokeswoman added: “The vehicle failed to stop and continued south on the A1. Please can any information/dash cam footage be sent to PC Stewart Logan, Dalkeith Road Policing quoting incident number 4218, 18/12/2020.”

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