Search for man seen falling from Tay Road Bridge continues

The coastguard and lifeboat teams were called out alongside Police Scotland around 5.15pm yesterday

Author: Callum ClarkPublished 20th Jul 2020

The search for a man seen falling from the Tay Road Bridge is continuing this morning.

Emergency services scrambled to the scene yesterday evening.

Police , the coastguard and lifeboat teams were called out after the man was seen entering the water.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 5.15 pm on Sunday, 19 July, 2020, a report was received by police that a man was seen to enter the water from the Tay Road Bridge, Dundee.

"Officers, assisted by the coastguard and RNLI, attended, however, despite on extensive search there was no trace of the him. Searches will resume again today, Monday, 20 July, 2020."

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