'They drove over the top of me': NHS nurse left with severe injuries after hit-and-run
The mental health nurse recalls how the vehicle drove straight over her.
An Edinburgh NHS nurse has described the terrifying moment she was mowed down by a car in a horror hit and run and left in agony in the middle of the road.
Lynda Joyce was left with a severe crush injury to her leg, gravel burns and bruising after the crash on Calder Road at around 8.40pm on Sunday, November 1.
The mental health nurse, who works at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, had been travelling along Calder Road with her partner when they encountered a silver or gunmetal grey Mitsubishi which she said was being driven recklessly.
After the vehicle allegedly began swerving and attempting to force their car off the road, the pair stopped and got out.
She claims the driver, who had been involved in an exchange with her partner, suddenly accelerated from a stationary position, striking her and carrying her onto the bonnet before she fell underneath the vehicle.
Recounting the terrifying moment, she told the Evening News: “He went from completely stationary, standstill, handbrake on, to driving it approximately 20 to 25 miles an hour, hitting me, taking me with him.
“They drove over the top of me and drove off.”
Lynda was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh following the collision, where she underwent investigations into her injuries.
Although she thankfully avoided any broken bones, she suffered extensive gravel burns, bruising to her ribs and a severe crush injury to her right leg.
She is now undergoing further investigations for possible compartment syndrome - a serious condition which sees pressure build up and cut off blood flow to the muscle - which can develop following a crush injury.
The nurse is currently taking morphine to manage her pain but revealed it's doing very little to help.
“Even morphine isn't managing the pain,” she said.
The experience has been difficult for Lynda, who spends her working life caring for others but has suddenly found herself on the other side of the healthcare system.
She said: “It’s hard being a nurse myself and now being on the opposite side of it and seeing everything.”
Lynda says four witnesses who were on the roadside at the time have already provided statements to the police.
She is now urging anyone who witnessed the incident, or may have dashcam footage of a silver/gunmetal grey Mitsubishi with possible damage to its bonnet, to come forward.
She said she believes the four men inside the vehicle, who have yet to be traced, looked between the ages of 15 and 17.
She added that the bonnet may have sustained lacquer damage during the collision, which could help people identify the vehicle.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 8.45pm on Sunday, 1 November, 2026, we received a report of a crash involving a female pedestrian and a car on Calder Road, Edinburgh.
“Emergency services attended and the woman was taken to hospital for treatment.
“The car left the scene and enquiries are ongoing to trace the car and the occupants.”
The Scottish Ambulance Service have been approached for comment.