Search continues for boy swept into River Tay Rescue crews have resumed the search for a teenage boy swept into a river last night. The 16-year-old is understood to have fallen while trying to cross the River Tay at North Muirton in Perth at around 7.20pm. His friends raised the alarm and a hunt was launched by police, a search and rescue helicopter team and local fire crews. The teenager disappeared from view near the Woody Island area. A Police Scotland spokesman said crews were continuing the search today. Last night a search was launched in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire after a report that a child had fallen into a burn. A girl aged about 10 was spotted in a burn near Lynn Drive around 8.30pm. Police said they had received no reports of a missing child in the area but would continue the search today.