Teenager died in Dumfries river incident days after 18th birthday
A teenager, Benjamin Glen, died after getting into difficulty in the River Nith in Dumfries just days after his 18th birthday. Emergency services responded to the incident on Thursday evening near the Kingholm Road area. His death is not being treated as suspicious, and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal.
- ▪Benjamin Glen, from Dumfries, died after getting into difficulty in the River Nith near Kingholm Road.
- ▪Emergency services, including coastguard teams and the Nith Inshore Rescue lifeboat, responded to the incident.
- ▪The death is not being treated as suspicious, and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
- ▪The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service deployed specialist water rescue resources, but the man died at the scene.
- ▪A woman was taken to Dumfries Infirmary following the incident, and support measures are in place for affected students and staff.
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Teenager died in Dumfries river incident days after 18th birthday1 hour agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePolice ScotlandBenjamin Glen celebrated his birthday last weekPolice have named a teenager who died in a river incident just days after his 18th birthday.Benjamin Glen, from Dumfries, died after getting into difficulty on a stretch of the River Nith in his hometown.Emergency services were called out at about 18:50 on Thursday to reports of a person in the water near the Kingholm Road area of the town and his body was recovered.His death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.In a separate incident, a body was recovered from a remote loch in the Highlands after a 17-year-old boy got into difficulty on the same day.A riverside path runs…
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