Major search launched after boat runs ashore with no one on board

A major search has been launched after a boat ran ashore in Aberdeenshire with no one on board.

Emergency services, including HM Coastguard, were called to Inverbervie Beach on Saturday after reports of a creel boat having run ashore with its engine running.

Police Scotland confirmed the boat was unoccupied when it ran aground.

Crews were alerted at around 11.15am, with a Coastguard helicopter conducting a search alongside rescue teams from Montrose, Stonehaven, Arbroath and Aberdeen.

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Lifeboats from Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven are also participating in the search.

Emergency services remain at the scene, and enquiries are said to be ongoing.

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