The A1 road was closed in both directions following a crash earlier this morning. (Sunday October 15 2023)

Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 5am.

A police spokesperson said:  “We were called around 5.05am on Sunday, 15 October, to a report of a three-vehicle crash on the A1 at Bankton near Tranent.

“Emergency services attended and one driver, a 47-year-old man, was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh by ambulance.

“The road was closed in both directions and re-opened fully around 10am.”