Teenager drowns while swimming in Loch Lomond
Emergency services were called to a beach near Luss on Sunday night
Last updated 9th Jul 2018
A teenager has become the second person to die after getting into difficulty in Loch Lomond in a matter of days.
Emergency services were called to the scene - north of Luss in Argyll and Bute - at about 7.20pm on Sunday.
The Loch Lomond rescue boat pulled a 17-year-old boy who had been reported missing from the water.
CPR was performed by the crew while he was transported to the Scottish Ambulance Service.
He was taken to Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Renfrewshire, where Police Scotland say he later died.
A spokeswoman said: At around 7.20pm on Sunday, police received a report of a 17-year-old man in the water at Loch Lomond just north of Luss.
Emergency services attended and the man was taken to Royal Alexandra Hospital, where he later died.
A post-mortem examination will take place in due course, however there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.''
Meanwhile, a body was recovered from the loch on Thursday.
At around 9.25pm on Wednesday, a man was seen entering the water near to the pier at Balloch.
A search operation was launched which resulted in the the body of a man being recovered the following day at about 10.20am.
Inquiries are ongoing but a Police Scotland spokeswoman said the death does not appear to be suspicious.