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Two injured in harbour accident       12/8/14

Two men are said to be injured following an accident on a pier in Stornoway harbour this morning ((Tues).

 

The emergency services attended the incident around 7.50am.

 

It is understood the accident may have involved activity at construction works on a pier.

 

At least one person was taken to the Stornoway hospital, one mile away, by ambulance.

 

One has a broken leg and the other is described as “walking wounded.”

 

Initial suggestions that one man was trapped for a short period are still to be investigated said police.

 

Inquiries into the incident continue.