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Loch boat man search to restart |
Body of missing fish worker found |
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A search for a man missing after a boat capsized on a loch on the Isle of Lewis is due to resume on Wednesday morning. | Search and rescue teams have found the body of a fish farm worker who died after a boat capsized on a loch. |
Four people were on board the boat when it turned over in the Kinloch area. Three swam to safety. | Peter Duce, 61, from Harris, was one of four people on board the craft on Loch na Creige Fraoich, Lewis. The three others swam to safety. |
Emergency services were alerted at about 1620 GMT on Tuesday after the accident on Loch na Creige Fraoich. | Emergency services were alerted at about 1620 GMT on Tuesday. Mr Duce's body was found on Wednesday morning. |
Northern Constabulary, Stornoway Coastguard and members of the public had been involved in the search. Efforts will resume at 0800 GMT. | Northern Constabulary, Stornoway Coastguard and members of the public were involved in the search. |
Atrocious weather | |
Conditions were said to have been atrocious with winds of more than 60mph battering the area. | |
A coastguard spokeswoman said: "The boat overturned with four on board. Three of them made it to shore. | |
"We had a coastguard helicopter and two teams searching for them." | |
The search was called off for the night late on Tuesday evening. | |