Details have started to emerge about the two teenage girls who died after jumping more than 100 feet from the Erskine Bridge.
Emergency services were called to the bridge just before 9pm on Sunday night. Helicopters from the Coastguard and Strathclyde Police were involved in the search, as were fire and rescue boats to assist with the search and rescue effort on the water and along the shoreline.
One girl was recovered from the water by a Coastguard helicopter, the other was found by a Strathclyde Fire and Rescue boat and removed from the water by the crew of the Police Rescue boat.
The girls were taken to the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow by helicopter where they were declared dead. Newspaper reports claim that the pair were seen holding hands as they leapt from the bridge.
A Strathclyde Police spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of two girls, aged 14 and 15 years, at the Erskine Bridge on Sunday.
"Inquiries are continuing; however, there would appear to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths.
"A report will be prepared for the procurator fiscal."
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The pair both attended the Good Shepherd Centre in Bishopton, a residential school for girls aged 12-18 with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties.
A spokesman for the Good Shepherd centre said: "The thoughts and prayers of all at the Good Shepherd centre are with the families and friends of the girls who have died.
"Counselling is being offered to the other residents at the unit, who have been shocked and traumatised by what has happened."
The two girls who died were among nine live-in residents at the open unit, which also has 21 day girls who live in foster or care homes. Pupils there are not kept under lock and key but any outing requires authorisation. No authorisation was given for the girls to leave on Sunday evening.
A centre spokesman said the girls had been on apparently happy and productive weekend outings with relatives and were seen by staff in their pyjamas going to their rooms to watch television in the evening.
But staff carrying out routine checks noticed they were missing and began a search of the campus and the immediate vicinity. Shortly afterwards, police called to inform staff of the incident on the bridge.
The names of the two victims have not yet been revealed by police.
