Man in court over falling traffic cone injury

A 29-YEAR-OLD man appeared in a Scottish court yesterday over an incident in which an Irish student was seriously injured by a falling traffic cone.

Kate Flannery, 23, from Galway, suffered spinal injuries after being hit by the cone in Edinburgh early on Sunday.

Australian national Andrew Smith was charged with culpable and reckless conduct when he appeared at the city’s sheriff court yesterday.