LISTEN: RNLI in safety warning after several fatal accidents in Scottish waters

After four serious incidents in less than seven days - the RNLI is issuing a grave warning to anyone heading out on Scottish waters during the good weather.

Published 9th May 2017
Last updated 9th May 2017

After four serious incidents in less than seven days - the RNLI is issuing a grave warning to anyone heading out on Scottish waters during the good weather.

Bob McMaster is from the RNLI:

Bob McMaster's were part of the search team who pulled the bodies of two friends – now named as 35 year-old Sandy Hamilton and 47 year-old Kevin James McKinlay, both from Larkhall - from the sea after they went missing off the coast of Stranraer on Sunday after a speedboat accident.

The day before, 21 year-old Stuart McLevy from Yoker died after falling from a jet ski in Loch Lomond.

A surfer from Glasgow was pulled from the water alive after 33 hours at sea and a diver was rescued after around 12 hours in the water near Orkney the week before.