Wallace Hunter News Today

Wallace Hunter, 75, from Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, suffered catastrophic injuries after being trapped in a scalding hot bath at the Pitlochry Hydro Hotel in Perthshire.

Wallace Hunter, 75, was staying at a hotel when he suffered fatal burns in a scalding hot bath behind a bolted door, as his family, other guests and emergency services desperately tried to save him

The son of Wallace Hunter, who died from severe burns after getting trapped in a hotel bath, has opened a civil action arguing that the hotel ignored red flags.

Wallace Hunter was trapped while guests and emergency services spent 90 minutes trying to break open the door.

Father-of-two Wallace Hunter, 75, went to take a bath while staying at the £160-a-night Pitlochry Hydro Hotel in Perthshire on a weekend away in December 2019 when the tragic incident took place.

Efforts to help OAP Wallace Hunter were hampered by a bathroom door that opened outward and was bolted from the inside.

Wallace Hunter, 75, died from scalding injuries on December 1, 2019 whilst a guest at Pitlochry Hydro Hotel.

Wallace Hunter, 75, was fatally injured when he was unable to get out of a bath at Pitlochry Hydro.

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