A TEENAGE girl’s condition has been described as “critical” following a collision involving a bus near Peebles.

The incident on the A72 at Eshiels is said to have happened after the 13-year-old girl departed a different bus travelling from Peebles High School to Galashiels.

Emergency services were called out at around 4.10pm on Monday (September 5).

The girl was taken to New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Hospital for sick kids, where medical staff described her condition as “critical”.

The A72 was closed between Cardrona and Peebles to allow officers to carry out their enquiries and reopened at around 9pm.

Inspector Stephen Quinn, of Lothian and Scottish Borders road policing, said: “Our thoughts remain with those involved in the incident and we will continue to support them throughout.

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“Our enquiries are ongoing and we have already spoken to a number of witnesses. I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this crash and hasn’t already spoken to police to contact us.

“I am also keen to obtain any dash-cam footage of the crash as well, so if you were in the area at the time and may have captured footage, then please get in touch.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting incident 2575 of September 5, 2022.

A Borders Buses spokesperson said: "Yesterday a passenger departed one of our buses and was sadly involved in a road traffic collision on the A72; our vehicle was not involved.

"Our bus was travelling from Peebles High to Galashiels.

"This is a police matter, and we are unable to comment further."