Mr Boyle collapsed while walking up Ben Nevis

Mr Boyle collapsed while walking up Ben Nevis

Police have revealed the man who died on Ben Nevis on Saturday was taking part in a charity walk.

Gerard Boyle, 51, from the Glasgow area, collapsed while making his way up the tourist track.

The retired civil servant was tended to by two off-duty doctors and the walker’s companions before being airlifted from the mountain by a Sea King search and rescue helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth.

He was flown to Belford Hospital in Fort William but pronounced dead on arrival.

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