his weekend was one of the worst in memory for the fire service, a senior officer has said, after six people died in Scotland’s waters.
Three people, including a nine-year-old boy, died after getting into difficult near Pulpit Rock on Loch Lomond on Saturday evening, while a seven-year-old boy was taken to hospital.
The incident followed the deaths of three other young people in similar circumstances in Stonehouse involving an 11-year-old boy, in Lanark, where a 13-year-old boy lost his life, and another on Loch Lomond on Friday, which claimed the life of a 16-year-old boy.
Alasdair Perry, a Deputy Assistant Chief Officer for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service told Good Morning Scotland: “This is the worst weekend in relation to incidents of this nature I can remember and I’d like to offer my condolences and those of everyone at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to all those affected by this weekend’s tragic events, and in particular to the friends and families of all those involved.”
Simon Jones, the executive lead for water safety at Loch Lomond and the…
