The man was taken to Leverburgh after being found in the Sound of Harris. Image: Iain Angus MacLeod
A man has been taken to hospital after he was found in the Sound of Harris wearing a lifejacket.
Coastguard teams received reports of a fishing vessel finding a person in the water wearing a lifejacket at about 6.20pm.
The crew onboard the vessel pulled him from the water and took him to Leverburgh where an ambulance was waiting.
The man was finishing on his own boat when it capsized, stranding him in the water
Coastguard teams were in attendance to assist with the transfer and said he was a “very fortunate man”.
He was taken to Western Isles Hospital, where his condition is unknown.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: “We received a call at 6.21pm to attend an incident near the Isle of Harris. We dispatched one ambulance to the scene and transported one male patient to Western Isles Hospital.”
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‘Very fortunate man’: Fisherman taken to hospital after being pulled from water near Isle of Harris
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