Young man hit by taxi near graduations

A pedestrian was injured yesterday when a taxi mounted a pavement and hit him.

He is thought to have been with a group of people coming from a graduation ceremony at the Caird Hall in Dundee when the incident happened on the city’s High Street at around 6pm.

The young man’s injuries were not thought to be lifethreatening and the driver of the taxi was believed to be uninjured.