A seven-year-old girl has died after she was spotted getting into difficulty in the water at a beauty spot in Scotland.
The youngster was spotted in the water at Ossian's Cave, near Dunkeld, Perthshire, along with a 26-year-old woman shortly before 7pm on Monday.
They were both rushed to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, but the girl did not survive.
Her death is not being treated as suspicious but police are appealing for witnesses as they try to establish the facts as to what happened, the Daily Record reports.
A spokeswoman said: “We were called around 6.50pm on Monday, July 6 to a report of two people in the water at Ossian’s Cave, the Hermitage, Dunkeld.
“A seven-year-old girl and a 26-year old woman were taken by the Scottish Ambulance Service to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. Sadly the child was pronounced dead a short time later.
"The woman was treated for non-life threatening injuries and later released.
"Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what happened but the death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
“Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone who has any information and not already spoken to officers is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident 3124 of Monday, 6 July, 2020.”
