Boy, 16, becomes 12th person to die in water-related incident amid heatwave

WorldHealth & Fitness
29 May 2026 • 7:52 PM MYT
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Boy, 16, becomes 12th person to die in water-related incident amid heatwave

A teenage boy has become the 12th person to die after getting into difficulty in water amid hot weather in recent days.

Police were called to a report of concern for a person at Bracklinn Falls near Callander in Stirlingshire at around 6.45pm on Thursday.

The body of the 16-year-old was recovered from the water.

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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.”

Bracklinn Falls is situated in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

It is the latest death in a water-related incident over the course of the recent heatwave.

There have been deaths in places including South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Cheshire, Pembrokeshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire.