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Bus driver charged after man, 73, killed crossing road

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The road was temporarily closed off after the collision

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A bus driver has been arrested and charged with a road traffic offence after a 73-year-old pedestrian was killed in September last year.

The man died after being hit by a bus in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, during evening rush hour.

He was crossing Orchard Drive at the junction with Fenwick Road.

The 24-year-old bus driver was not injured in the collision on 23 September.

A police spokesperson said: "Emergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The 24-year-old man will be the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal."

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