TWO people have been rescued from the water after falling from an inflatable toy boat.
The RNLI Kyle of Lochalsh crew were alerted to two males in difficulty in the water off the Isle of Skye, shortly after 9pm on Saturday.
The two men had fallen off from the blow-up boat in the Broadford Bay area.
They were spotted by a local teenager who went out in his own boat and managed to rescue them, taking them back to shore safely.
The RNLI crew then established that everyone was safe and there were no injuries, before returning back to station.
Speaking of the incident, Andrew MacDonald, helm at Kyle RNLI said: "Thanks to the quick thinking of the teenager going out in his own boat to rescue the two casualties, a far more serious situation was averted.
"We’d like to remind people that blow up inflatable toys should be kept for use in swimming pools and not open water, and to always ensure that you have lifejackets on and a means of communicating to the emergency services if you get into any difficulty."
