Man dies in hospital after getting into difficulty in reservoir

Emergency services were called around 6.40pm on Saturday to reports of a man in difficulty at Clatto Reservoir

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A man has died after getting into difficulty in the water at a reservoir in Dundee.

Emergency services were called around 6.40pm on Saturday to reports of a man in difficulty at Clatto Reservoir.

He was recovered from the water and taken to Ninewells Hospital, where he later died.

Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a man in difficulty in the water at Clatto Reservoir in Dundee around 6.40pm on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

“Emergency services attended, and the man was recovered from the water. He was conveyed to Ninewells Hospital, where he later died.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious, and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”

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