A “BARELY conscious” man was saved at Loch Lomond in the middle of the night after rescuers heard cries for help.
Emergency services pulled the man from the water on Sunday morning at around 12:01am after a rescue team heard his calls for help coming from Inchcailloch Island, near Balmaha.
A multi-agency response, including an HM Coastguard rescue helicopter, Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, and the Scottish Ambulance Service, scrambled to save the man after the alarm was raised of a person in the water.
A Loch Lomond Rescue Boat was also called in to help and sent a search team out to the location where the man was believed to be.
The team were able to locate one “barely conscious” male in the water before bringing him on to the boat, where he was then transferred to a waiting ambulance at Balmaha Pier.
The crew returned to Inchcailloch Island, where three other people were rescued.
A spokesperson for Loch Lomond Rescue Boat said: “Utilising all our search equipment we located and recovered one barely conscious male from the water into the boat and immediately began casualty care whilst returning to Balmaha pier and after a short time the casualty was handed to the Scottish Ambulance Service for further care.
“LLRB then attended Inchcailloch Island to collect three other persons and return them to the mainland, all of whom were safe and well.”
