Body found in Firth of Forth at Burntisland

Police discovered the young man yesterday morning

The fatal crash happened near Heiton yesterday
Author: Callum McQuadePublished 20th Mar 2021
Last updated 20th Mar 2021

Officers have pulled the body of a young man from the Firth of Forth in Burntisland.

They found him at around 10.20 yesterday morning in the water when they were called to the shore near Aberdour Road.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a full report will be forwarded to the Procurator Fiscal.

He is described as white, aged in his late teens to early twenties.

He is between 5ft 7ins to 5ft 9ins in height of very slim build with short blond to light brown hair.

He was wearing grey Lonsdale jogging trousers, a grey hooded ‘Saltrock’ jumper and blue Adidas high-top trainers.

Detective Sergeant Conrad Musgrave from Dunfermline Police Station said: “We are carrying out extensive enquiries to find out who this young man is and trace his family.

“We are also working to establish if he is the same person who we previously appealed for information on, after being seen acting in a concerning manner on the Forth Road Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday, 9 March.

“I would urge anyone who may recognise this description, or who has any information that may assist us to please contact Dunfermline Police Station through 101 quoting reference 0898 of 19 March.”

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