Boy airlifted to hospital after falling from tree

A boy was airlifted to hospital in Inverness yesterday afternoon after suffering serious injuries in a fall from a tree.

The accident happened at a remote spot in the Kildonan area on the Helmsdale-Kinbrace route in Sutherland.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: “We received a call at 2.21pm to attend an incident near Kildonan.

“We dispatched one ambulance, a doctor and our helimed air ambulance to the scene.

“One male patient was taken to Raigmore Hospital by helicopter.”

The boy’s condition was not known.