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| Man drowns after boat overturns | Man drowns after boat overturns |
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| A 39-year-old man has drowned after a small boat capsized off one of the Orkney Islands. | |
| William Tait, of Meadowbank, Kirkwall, fell into the bay of St Margaret's Hope at South Ronaldsay on Monday night. | William Tait, of Meadowbank, Kirkwall, fell into the bay of St Margaret's Hope at South Ronaldsay on Monday night. |
| A spokesman for Northern Constabulary said Mr Tait died at the scene, but two other men who were also in the boat managed to swim to safety. | A spokesman for Northern Constabulary said Mr Tait died at the scene, but two other men who were also in the boat managed to swim to safety. |
| The two men who reached shore were taken to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall suffering from hypothermia. | The two men who reached shore were taken to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall suffering from hypothermia. |
| Mr Tait worked as a crewman on the Pentland Ferries vessel Claymore, and it is understood he was on his way over to the ferry with two friends when their dinghy overturned. |