A body has been found during the search for a missing woman who got stuck in mud while walking near a river.
Shona Campbell, 74, went for a walk on the Solway estuary on Monday when she called emergency services to tell them she had gotten trapped in a spot of mud.
A search party was launched using local and national specialist police resources in an attempt to find the missing pensioner, with the Coastguard, Fire and Rescue Services and the Scottish Ambulance Service were all drafted in to help with the search.
But the search was later called off after a body was discovered on Tuesday afternoon.
Ms Campbell, 74, was staying at the Moss-Side caravan park in Cummertrees, and had not been seen since 5pm on Monday.
Overnight temperatures in the area were sub-zero.
Although formal identification has not taken place yet, Ms Campbell’s family have been informed ofthe discovery.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: ‘Around 17:40 on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024, the body of a woman was located in the Solway Estuary, Cummertrees, Annan.
‘The death is being treated as unexplained but not believed to be suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.’
Stewart Bryden, senior coastal operations officer with HM Coastguard, said: ‘There was a report went into Police Scotland last night at about 17:00 – a 999 call that a lady was in difficulty stuck in the mud on the Solway.
‘Teams were quickly deployed onto the scene and searched until approximately 23:00 last night with nothing found.’
‘We have got a lot of mud and quicksand out in the Solway, it is a quick tide,’ he added.
‘As we know, mud and quicksand moves so it is unpredictable where they can be and how they get stuck.’
The area around the south of the Scottish coast is considered to be some of the deadliest waters in the UK, due to having some of the fastest tidal movements in Europe.
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