Four year old boy dies following Range Rover crash near Bathgate
A four-year-old passenger has died after a black Range Rover crashed on a road near Bathgate in West Lothian on Friday.
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A four-year-old boy has died following a single-vehicle crash near Bathgate in West Lothian, BBC News reported. The incident happened at about 16:30 on Friday on Drumcross Road and involved a black Range Rover. The Mirror, Yahoo News UK, and BBC News all report that police have launched an appeal for information. [1][3][4]
BBC News reported that the four-year-old passenger was taken to St John's Hospital in Livingston, where he died a short time later. The 28-year-old male driver of the car was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for medical treatment. [1]
Police officer Dave Waddell said that inquiries into the incident are ongoing and offered thoughts to the family and friends of the boy. He urged any witnesses or anyone with relevant information to contact the police. [1]
Range Rover is a 4x4 luxury sub-brand of Jaguar Land Rover. The vehicle line was originally launched in 1970 by British Leyland and entered its fifth generation in 2022. [5]
In short
- A four-year-old boy died after a Range Rover crashed near Bathgate.
- The crash occurred at approximately 16:30 on Friday on Drumcross Road.
- The 28-year-old male driver was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Boy, 4, dies after Range Rover crashes on country roadBBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Boy, 4, dies after Range Rover crashes on country road near BathgateBBC, 1h ago
- [3]Boy aged four dies after Range Rover crash near Bathgate as police appealYahoo News UK, 1h ago
- [4]Boy, 4, killed in West Lothian crash as police launch urgent appealThe Mirror, 1h ago
Background
- [5]Range Rover on Wikipedia
- [6]Range Rover on Grokipedia
- [7]Man dies after car crashes through entrance of Wolverhampton Lidl supermarket FTMQ News, 14d ago
- [8]Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in County Kilkenny FTMQ News, 6d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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