Baby dies after tragic water accident in Wester Ross village of Ullapool
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A BABY boy has died after a tragic incident in a Wester Ross village.
Emergency services were alerted to reports of a person in the water at Ullapool Harbour yesterday afternoon.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 1.20pm on Monday, October 16, 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.
“No one else required hospital treatment.
“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.”
