Canoe Tragedy: 5 Year Child Dies, Third Child Dies

	Canoe Tragedy: 5 Year Child Dies, Third Child Dies A five-year-old girl who was seriously ill after the canoe she was in capsized has died in hospital, police have said. Gracie Mackay, from the Muir of Ord, was on board the boat which capsized in Loch Gairloch, near Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands, yesterday afternoon. Brothers Ewen Beaton, five, and two-year-old Jamie also died in hospital after being airlifted from the water by helicopter. The search for their father, Ewen Fraser Beaton, 32, has been stood down for the day. He is presumed dead. A statement from Northern Constabulary said: "Police can confirm that five-year-old Gracie Mackay from the Muir of Ord area has sadly passed away late this afternoon at Yorkhill Hospital following the Gairloch water incident yesterday." Mr Beaton and his sons were in the six-man boat with Gracie, her 35-year-old father and her older sister, who is eight. Gracie's father and sister managed to swim to shore unscathed and ran to nearby houses shouting for help, triggering the emergency response on Sunday. Sky News Scotland correspondent James Matthews described what happened: "The father went to a house nearby and - I'm led to believe - collapsed on the front lawn shouting for help." Gairloch Loch Gairloch is on Scotland's northwest coast Matthews added: "While this is clearly a story of terrible tragedy, it is something of a tale of remarkable survival on the part of the eight-year-old in particular, who must have swum something like 200 or 300 metres to safety on the shore <b>...</b>	From: DynamoMor Views: 0 0 ratings
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