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Cadet, 14, dies as boat overturns | |
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A 14-year-old girl has died after a boat carrying a party of army cadets overturned in a sea loch. | |
Kaylee McIntosh was among a group of eight cadets and four adults on the boat in Loch Carnan, South Uist, when it capsized at about 1240 BST. | |
Most of the party managed to get ashore but Kaylee, from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, was reported missing. | |
She was found after a short search and taken by helicopter to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. | She was found after a short search and taken by helicopter to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. |
Summer camp | Summer camp |
A police spokesman said: "It is understood that no one else was injured during the incident. | A police spokesman said: "It is understood that no one else was injured during the incident. |
"Northern Constabulary will now carry out an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident." | "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 were at a summer camp on nearby Benbecula. | |
The Army Cadet Force (ACF) is a youth organisation that offers training in a range of skills including fieldcraft and first aid. Boys and girls aged 12 to 18 are eligible to join. | The Army Cadet Force (ACF) is a youth organisation that offers training in a range of skills including fieldcraft and first aid. Boys and girls aged 12 to 18 are eligible to join. |