The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)

Girl, 12, fights for life as locals condemn road

Council vows safety checks as residents say Kennoway route can be ‘very dangerous’

- JONATHAN WATSON

A Fife road collision that has left a young girl fighting for her life in hospital was “inevitable”, it has been claimed.

The 12-year-old remains in Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children after being knocked down on Kennoway’s Sandy Brae on Thursday evening. Her condition was yesterday described as “critical”.

The youngster is receiving treatment for head, chest and leg injuries after the incident, which police are continuing to investigat­e.

Fife Council co-leader David Alexander said the local authority will study safety options on the busy route after the collision, while residents yesterday spoke of their concerns over the volume of traffic on the route, with one stating: “It can be very dangerous.”

A schoolgirl is in a “critical” condition in hospital after being knocked down by a car in Kennoway.

The 12-year-old is continuing to receive treatment for injuries to her head, chest and legs following the incident in the town’s Sandy Brae on Thursday evening.

The youngster is now in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, having been transferre­d from Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital in the aftermath of the incident.

While the circumstan­ces surroundin­g Thursday’s incident are not yet known, residents of Sandy Brae yesterday said that the road outside their homes was carrying huge volumes of traffic on a daily basis.

Householde­r Ann Grieve said: “I don’t know what happened on Thursday. I just saw the blue lights and that’s what made me look out of the window.

“I’ve lived here for 17 years and it is busy with traffic, especially at rush hour time.”

Another woman added: “It’s such a busy road. I always worried that it was inevitable before someone got hurt here. “I just hope the girl is OK.” Frances Murray, who recently purchased a property just yards from the crash site, added: “When I’ve been reversing on to the road the cars have come flying down the road. “It can be very dangerous.” Police are continuing to investigat­e the circumstan­ces surroundin­g the collision, with road policing officer Sergeant Ewan Pierce having issued an appeal for witnesses.

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