Boy, 10, dies after getting into difficulty in water at Loch Lubnaig in Scotland

Police were called on the loch on Wednesday afternoon
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Imogen Braddick25 June 2020

A 10-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty in a loch in Scotland.

Police were called at 5.30pm on Wednesday to reports of a child experiencing difficult in the water at Loch Lubnaig, near Callander, in the Scottish Highlands.

Despite the efforts of the emergency services, the young boy died.

Officers are not treating the death as suspicious.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland 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 spokeswoman told the Daily Record: "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."

Wednesday was the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 31C at Heathrow Airport.

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