A physique has been discovered through the seek for a lacking girl who obtained caught in mud whereas strolling close to a river.
Shona Campbell, 74, went for a stroll on the Solway estuary on Monday when she known as emergency companies to inform them she had gotten trapped in a spot of mud.
A search social gathering was launched utilizing native and nationwide specialist police sources in an try to seek out the lacking pensioner, with the Coastguard, Hearth and Rescue Providers and the Scottish Ambulance Service had been all drafted in to assist with the search.
However tragically, the search was known as off after a physique was found on Tuesday afternoon.
Ms Campbell, 74, was staying on the Moss-Facet caravan park in Cummertrees, and had not been seen since 5pm on Monday.
In a single day temperatures within the space had been sub-zero.
Though formal identification has not taken place but, Ms Campbell’s household have been knowledgeable ofthe discovery.
A Police Scotland spokesperson mentioned: ‘Round 17:40 on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024, the physique of a girl was positioned within the Solway Estuary, Cummertrees, Annan.
‘The dying is being handled as unexplained however not believed to be suspicious and a report will likely be despatched to the procurator fiscal.’
Stewart Bryden, senior coastal operations officer with HM Coastguard, mentioned: ‘There was a report went into Police Scotland final night time at about 17:00 – a 999 name {that a} woman was in problem caught within the mud on the Solway.
‘Groups had been rapidly deployed onto the scene and searched till roughly 23:00 final night time with nothing discovered.’
‘Now we have obtained loads of mud and quicksand out within the Solway, it’s a fast tide,’ he added.
‘As we all know, mud and quicksand strikes so it’s unpredictable the place they are often and the way they get caught.’
The world across the south of the Scottish coast is taken into account to be a number of the deadliest waters within the UK, attributable to having a number of the quickest tidal actions in Europe.
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