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Cadet dies after boat turns over | |
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A girl has died after a boat carrying a party of army cadets overturned in a sea loch in the Western Isles. | |
A group of eight cadets and four adults was on board the boat in Loch Carnan, South Uist, when it capsized at about 1240 BST. | |
Police said the girl was recovered from the water and taken to Western Isles Hospital, where she died shortly after. | |
Northern Constabulary said there would be no further details until next of kin had been informed. | |
Summer camp | |
A police spokesman said: "Northern Constabulary will now carry out an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident." | |
Stornoway Coastguard helicopter, Northern Constabulary officers, Barra lifeboat and coastguard officers from Benbecula and Lochboisdale were involved in the search. | Stornoway Coastguard helicopter, Northern Constabulary officers, Barra lifeboat and coastguard officers from Benbecula and Lochboisdale were involved in the search. |
Loch Carnan is a sea loch littered with small islands on the east of South Uist. | Loch Carnan is a sea loch littered with small islands on the east of South Uist. |
About 200 cadets from around the north-east of Scotland are at a summer camp on Uist. |