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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Adam Robertson

Baby boy dies after being rescued from loch and flown to hospital

A BABY boy has died after being rescued from a loch in the Highlands.

Two people were recovered from Loch Broom at Ullapool Harbour on Monday afternoon and the child was flown by air ambulance to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

Police said he was pronounced dead a short time later.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Around 1.20pm on Monday October 16 2023, we were called to a report of a person in the water at Ullapool Harbour, Shore Street in Ullapool.

“Emergency services attended and two people were rescued from the water.

“A baby boy was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness by air ambulance. He was pronounced dead a short time later.”

The spokesperson added that nobody else required hospital treatment.

They added: “An investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances. However, the death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”

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