A 12-year-old boy has died after being hit by a tanker as he was crossing a road in Argyll.

The boy, who was crossing the A815 Shore Road at Innellan, near Dunoon, was struck by the Renault tanker at around 4.15pm on Tuesday.

Police said he was taken by ambulance to Dunoon General Hospital before being transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where he later died.

The 56-year-old male driver of the tanker was unharmed. A full report will sent to the procurator fiscal.

Sergeant Paul MacPherson from the Divisional Road Policing Unit has appealed for any witnesses to the crash to contact Dunoon Police Office through 101.