Boy dies in quad bike accident on Isle of Bute

A NINE-year-old boy has died after a quad bike accident, police said today.

The incident happened at the boy's parents' farm at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute in Argyll at around 6.20pm yesterday.

He was taken to the Victoria Hospital in Rothesay by ambulance, the Scottish Ambulance Service said.

Strathclyde Police said that enquiries were at an early stage as they tried to establish what happened.

A post mortem will be carried out and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.