Man dies in vehicle in Aldi car park as emergency services race to Gorgie supermarket
Emergency services were seen outside the busy supermarket just before 11am on Monday morning.
Emergency services descended on a Gorgie supermarket yesterday after a man was found dead in his vehicle.
Police and ambulance vehicles were seen in the vicinity of Aldi on Gorgie Road at around 10.40am on Monday, November 9.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing the car park cordoned off by police, as well as the store entrance during the emergency response.
Police have now confirmed that officers were responding to a report of the death of a man in a vehicle at the car park of the supermarket.
They say that his death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 10.40am on Monday, 9 November, 2026, we received a report of the death of a man in a vehicle on Gorgie Park Road, Edinburgh.
“The death is being treated as unexplained but not believed to be suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 10:26 to attend an incident on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh. We dispatched an ambulance and a rapid resuscitation response unit (3RU) to the scene.”