Stena Line/WebsiteA man has been airlifted to hospital after falling overboard a ferry in Dumfries and Galloway.
Police, coastguard and ambulance crews were called to Loch Ryan port in Cairnryan at around 5.50pm on Saturday.
The passenger was rescued from the water by the ferry’s fast rescue craft, a Coastguard spokesperson confirmed.
He was then airlifted by the Coastguard helicopter to Ayr Hospital, where his condition is currently unknown.
The incident is thought to have taken place on a 3.30pm Stena Line ferry travelling from Belfast to Cairnryan.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “We received a report of a man having gone overboard from a ferry at Belfast Way, Cairnryan around 5.50pm on Saturday, July 1.
“Emergency services are in attendance.”
Stena Line and the Scottish Ambulance Service have been approached for comment.
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