A 10-year-old boy has died following an "incident" at Loch Lubnaig yesterday evening.
Fire crews and police raced to the scene near Callander after initial reports of a boy getting into difficulty on the water.
But after a long search, police confirmed that the boy had sadly died and that there were no suspicious circumstances accompanying his death.
A police spokesperson told our sister paper, the Daily Record: "A 10-year-old boy has died following an incident in Loch Lubnaig, near Callander, on Wednesday, 24 June, 2020.
"Emergency services were called around 5:35pm to reports of a child experiencing difficulty in the water.
"Sadly, the boy died.
"There are no suspicious circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service added: "We were called at 5.37pm on Wednesday, June 24 to reports of a person in the water in Callander.
"Two appliances and two water rescue units were called to the town's Stank Road."
