Search for man after boat overturns

A search for a missing salmon farm worker on Lewis has been called off for the night.

A fish-farm vessel capsized with four people onboard. The other three managed to swim to safety but there was no sign of the older man.

Coastguard teams failed to find any trace of the man and the search was called off when darkness fell.

The alarm was raised around 4.20 pm with a 999 call to Stornoway coastguards.

The men were working near a fresh water hatchery which rears young salmon and is anchored in Loch na Creige Fraoich about a mile south of Soval Lodge by the main Stornoway to Harris road.

Stornoway rescue helicopter undertook aerial sweeps of the loch and three coastguard teams scoured the moorland area round the loch-side.

The helicopter and shore squads will resume the search tomorrow morning (Wednesday).