Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following a hit and run which resulted in a teenager being taken to hospital.

The 15-year-old boy, whose condition is not known, was taken to the city's Royal Infirmary.

The accident happened in Dalry Road, at the junction with Morrison Street, at about 1400 GMT on Friday.

Police said the silver Renault car involved in the collision was found abandoned nearby.

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Schoolboy fights for his life after hit and run

A SCHOOLBOY was fighting for his life last night after a hit-and-run incident with a stolen car in the West End of Edinburgh.

The 15-year-old was crossing Dalry Road near Haymarket Station when he was struck by a silver Renault car at about 2pm yesterday.

The car was abandoned in nearby Murieston Crescent.

The unnamed teenager was taken to Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary suffering a serious head injury and was described as "stable" before later being readmitted to the intensive care unit.

The street was closed for three hours as accident investigators examined the scene.

Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident, or who saw the driver abandon the vehicle, to contact them.

One local shopkeeper said: "A customer came in and said there had been an accident. It looks like the young lad ran across the road to catch his bus which was just pulling away.

"As he got near the centre of the road, a silver car came hurtling round the corner and knocked him down.

"I saw him being attended to by the ambulance crew and although he seemed conscious, there was a lot of blood."

Jim Graham, who runs a hairdressing salon close to the bus stop, said there was little sign of drama at the time. I was working away when I noticed that all the traffic had disappeared from the street and saw that the police had blocked it. It happened at a busy time on what is a very busy and fast road.

"I saw police walking up the street examining objects on the road and they marked what looked possibly like a windscreen wiper, and then another policeman dressed in black overalls came up and collected it."

A 21-year-old man was last night helping police with inquiries.

The accident is the third on that stretch of road in recent weeks and the third hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh involving a child in as many years.

Last year, Daniel Jackson, 31, was jailed for 13 years after killing four-year-old Olivia Donachie and seriously injuring her mother, Rachel, in a hit-and-run incident in Redford Drive, Colinton on 30th May.

Isaac Purcell, 26, received a 12-year sentence after he hit and killed Jack Anderson, ten, at 60mph on Saughton Road North in October 2006.

Source: Craig Brown, Edinburgh Evening News, Saturday, 29th March, 2008

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Hit-and-run boy improves

A TEENAGER knocked down in a hit-and-run is no longer fighting for his life.

The 15-year-old's condition at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary has improved from critical to serious but stable.

He was hit by a Renault Clio in Dalry Road on Friday at 2pm. Witnesses said the force of the impact threw the boy against a bus stop several yards away.

Source: Edinburgh Evening News, Monday, 31st March, 2008

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Hit-and-run: driver charged

A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Dalry that left a teenager hospitalised.

The 15-year-old victim was hit on Dalry Road by a silver Renault Clio, which was later dumped in nearby Murieston Crescent.

The driver has been charged with dangerous driving and failure to stop at the scene of the accident.

The accident happened around 2pm on March 28.

Source: Edinburgh Evening News, Thursday, 17th April, 2008

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