Boy, 10, dies after getting into difficulty in Scottish loch amid frantic search by emergency services
- The 10-year-old passed away at Loch Lubnaig, Callander, Stirlingshire, yesterday
- Police said that the child was reported having ‘difficulty in the water’ at 5.35pm
- The force added that the tragic incident was not being treated as suspicious
A boy has died after getting into difficulty in a Scottish loch amid a frantic search by emergency services.
The 10-year-old passed away at Loch Lubnaig near Callander, Stirlingshire, yesterday.
The child was reported as having ‘difficulty in the water’ at 5.35pm and a four-hour rescue operation was launched.
Police said the incident was not being treated as suspicious.
The child was reported as having ‘difficulty in the water’ at 5.35pm and a four=hour rescue operation was launched (file photo)
A police spokesman said: ‘A 10-year-old boy has died following an incident in Loch Lubnaig, near Callander, on Wednesday June 24.
‘Emergency services were called around 5:35pm to reports of a child experiencing difficulty in the water. Sadly, the boy died.
‘There are no suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.’
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman added: ‘We were called at 5.37pm on Wednesday, June 24 to reports of a person in the water in Callander.
‘Two appliances and two water rescue units were called to the town’s Stank Road.’