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70-year-old male walker dies after falling from a Highland mountain peak

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A 70-year-old male walker has died after falling from a peak in the Highlands.

The man was trekking on the mountain of An Teallach, near Dundonnell in Ross and Cromarty, when he fell shortly after 1pm on Sunday afternoon.

Despite a valiant rescue operation by the coastguard search and rescue helicopter and members of the Dundonnell mountain rescue team, the man died at the scene.

A nearby walker initially raised the alarm to police at 1.35pm expressing concerns for a fallen walker in the area.

The Inverness coastguard search and rescue helicopter was swiftly launched into action alongside members of the local mountain rescue team, who assisted the operation from the ground.

The teams are understood to have located the victim close to the summit of the mountain, which overlooks Little Loch Broom on the west coast, before the coastguard helicopter removed the man’s body from the hill.

Area Commander Chief Inspector Jamie Wilson said: “Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends at this time and I would like to pass on my thanks to our colleagues at the Coastguard and also to the Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team who provided assistance.

“There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”

Identification of the man’s body is understood to still take place.

The incident comes just two weeks after Isobel Bytautas, 55, was killed in a freak accident after being struck by lightening on a mountain ridge near Fort William.

The walker from Selkirk was one of seven members of a hiking group named the Linlithgow Ramblers, who were trekking through Na Gruagaichean.

Emergency crews found the group five miles south of Ben Nevis and airlifted members of the party to Fort William, but Mrs Bytautas died as a result of her injuries.