Scot dies after falling from boat in Amsterdam
A British tourist drowned after falling from a boat in Amsterdam, police said today.
The 27-year-old Scottish man was on a hotel boat docked in the city's Sumatrakade waterfront area when he fell overboard.
Two police officers and a fellow passenger dived in to try to rescue him, but he could not be found.
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His body was later recovered by fire service divers.
A police investigation is under way into the incident which happened around 11pm on Saturday.
A spokesman for Amsterdam police said: "A man fell off a hotel boat which was docked in the Sumatrakade.
"We believe he had been sitting and drinking on the deck before he fell.
"We don't know the reason why he fell, although we believe it to have been an accident.
"An investigation has been launched."
He added that blood samples had been taken from the man and would be analysed.
The man, who has not been named, was understood to have been holidaying in Amsterdam and was with a relative when he fell.
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Re: Scot dies after falling from boat in Amsterdam
Puffin13 wrote:"We believe he had been sitting and drinking on the deck before he fell.
Riiiiiiight, a jock goes on holiday, gets blootered (as you do) and falls in the water, they tell you all this (being a native I'm not suprised in the slightest by that turn of events), then they make the bold statement that they "don't know why he fell" ... I know why, the gravity's heavier in Amsterdam than it is back home, obviouslyWe don't know the reason why he fell.
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He fell coz he was High on a mixture of booze and weed will be the findings. Leading to a ban on the sale of weed to foreign travellers and the age to buy booze being raised."We don't know the reason why he fell, although we believe it to have been an accident.
"An investigation has been launched."
He added that blood samples had been taken from the man and would be analysed.
Nice1 for that Puffin
next headline:
Man died after smoking A WHOLE JOINT OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SKUNK.....after drinking 2 bottles of vodka he was given a joint by a black criminal. then he was forced to smoke the whole joint alone and was so high of the heroin-like skunk-cigarette that he decided to die because of the pain the cannabis made him feel.
Man died after smoking A WHOLE JOINT OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SKUNK.....after drinking 2 bottles of vodka he was given a joint by a black criminal. then he was forced to smoke the whole joint alone and was so high of the heroin-like skunk-cigarette that he decided to die because of the pain the cannabis made him feel.
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well i hope the scum won't use this as ammunition against weed.....how many people fall off a boat when drunk???? plenty!!!....iv been to 2 coroners inquests as a witness for the same thing in the U.K. and neither had been toking...just drunk!!!!!....ok too drunk to notice the boat had dropped with the tide.....8 feet difference!....oh the joys of my job 
I must of missed that bit then, I read that he was drinking but they didn't say what he was drinking.Neldo wrote:Boner wrote:they haven't even said what caused the accident.
They did...
You gotta feel for anybody's family who've lost but it's pretty obvious what caused the accident. He was pished and took a header off the boat.
Ahhh I see what you mean now, you'll always get a Scot meaning alcohol when he says drinking, 9 times out of 10 that's what we'd refer to. Point taken, the whole world isn't in the gutter with us.Boner wrote:I must of missed that bit then, I read that he was drinking but they didn't say what he was drinking.Neldo wrote:Boner wrote:they haven't even said what caused the accident.
They did...
You gotta feel for anybody's family who've lost but it's pretty obvious what caused the accident. He was pished and took a header off the boat.
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I agree the chances are it was a 'proper drink' and not just a cup of tea but I dont like presuming things especially when someone has died.Neldo wrote:Ahhh I see what you mean now, you'll always get a Scot meaning alcohol when he says drinking, 9 times out of 10 that's what we'd refer to. Point taken, the whole world isn't in the gutter with us.Boner wrote:I must of missed that bit then, I read that he was drinking but they didn't say what he was drinking.Neldo wrote:
They did...
You gotta feel for anybody's family who've lost but it's pretty obvious what caused the accident. He was pished and took a header off the boat.