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Tragedy as girl, 7, dies after getting into difficulty in water at Perthshire beauty spot

Ossian's Cave at The Hermitage in Dunkeld
Ossian's Cave at The Hermitage in Dunkeld

A seven-year-old girl has died after getting into difficulty in the water at a Perthshire beauty spot on Monday evening.

Emergency services rushed to the Hermitage in Dunkeld following reports of two people in the water at Ossian’s Cave at around 6.50pm yesterday.

Ossians Cave at The Hermitage in Dunkeld

The young victim and a 26-year-old woman were rushed to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where the child was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.

The woman was treated for non-life threatening injuries and later released.

Police are carrying out inquires but the death is not being treated as suspicious.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 6.50pm on Monday, 6 July, 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.”

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