Woman, 23, dies after falling into river at popular Scots beauty spot near NC500
A massive rescue operation was mounted at Rogie Falls near Contin in Ross-shire on Saturday.
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The accident happened in warm temperatures and the woman – a visitor to the area – somehow fell into the water.
The 23-year-old was with others and the alarm was raised around 1.45pm.
Police, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's specialist water craft, Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team, coastguards, a helicopter and the Scottish Ambulance Service were all scrambled.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 1.45pm on Saturday, 14 June, 2025, we were called to a report of a woman having fallen into water in the Rogie Falls area of Wester Ross
'Emergency services attended however the 23-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
'There are no suspicious circumstances, and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."
Rogie Falls are a series of waterfalls on the Black Water.
The falls are about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) northwest of the village of Contin, next to the A835 road.
They are a popular tourist attraction on the North Coast 500 road trip, with several forest walks and a bridge.
The waterfalls on the Black Water at Rogie can be dramatic, especially after a sustained wet period or when there's snow melt coming off Ben Wyvis.
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The river comes crashing down through the rocks as it loses height before dropping more gently through Contin to join the River Conon that flows out into the Cromarty Firth.
The series of falls are more than 13 metres in height and a fairly new suspension bridge spans the water below them to give walkers a spectacular view.
Elsewhere a man tragically died in a horror blaze at a four-storey building.
Around 40 people were forced to leave their homes after the fire broke out in Perth in the early hours of Saturday.
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