Police raced to the report of a motorbike on fire this morning before they found a body nearby in Edinburgh. Officers made the unexpected discovery while attending the report of a blaze near the city bypass.
Cops were called shortly after 9am this morning near Midlothian's Hadfast Road, in the village of Cousland. Police say they discovered a body on arrival and the person is yet to be publicly identified.
Photos obtained by Edinburgh Live show forensics combing the scene for evidence on a walkway that runs under the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass.
An investigation has been launched, with police currently describing the death as "unexplained".A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a motorbike on fire near Hadfast Road,.
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