Baby boy dies after being pulled from lake in Scottish village

A baby boy has tragically died after he was pulled from a loch in a Scottish village.

Police confirmed the boy had been pronounced dead after he and an adult were rescued from Ullapool Harbour at Loch Broom in the Highlands on Monday afternoon.

He was rushed to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness by air ambulance. The adult, who survived, did not require emergency treatment.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 1.20pm on Monday, 16 October, 2023, we were called to a report of a person in the water at Ullapool Harbour, Shore Street in Ullapool. Emergency services attended and a baby boy was rescued from the water.

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