Search resumes for man who fell overboard in Loch Ness last night
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A search is expected to resume this morning in Loch Ness for a man reported to have fallen overboard from a boat.
The alarm was raised at about 6.50pm last night, amid reports that two men had fallen into the water near Dores Bay.
One man was rescued during the search which included Loch Ness RNLI lifeboat, Inverness Coastguard, police, the fire service and a coastguard helicopter from Inverness.
The search for the second man was stood down in the early hours.
Inspector Nick Macrae, of Burnett Road police station in Inverness, said: "Police were called around 6.50pm on Thursday, July 9 following a report that two men had fallen from a boat into Loch Ness near Dores Bay.
"One man was rescued from the water and conveyed to hospital as a precaution.
"Emergency services, including the Police Scotland Dive and Marine Unit, are in attendance and are currently carrying out a search of the area for the second man."
A spokesman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the matter was now a police incident and it would assist where necessary.
