Man freezes to death after jump into local burn

A man has died after plunging into near-freezing water moments after getting off a bus on a rural road in Perthshire.

The 59-year-old man jumped off a Stagecoach number 16 bus on the C464 Low Carse Road between Errol and Grange on Friday.

It is understood he leapt over a low wall beside the country road, not realising there was a sharp drop to a body of water known locally as Pow Burn.

The man was taken to Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital about 8:15pm, but was pronounced dead shortly after.