The body of a teenage girl has been recovered from water after a huge search by emergency services. The 14-year-old had got into difficulties in the water in Tameside, Greater Manchester, on Monday evening..
The body has been formally identified and specially trained officers are supporting the girl's family. Officers Detectives believe they are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the girl's death and a file will be prepared for the coroner, Manchester Evening News reports.
Specialist teams from the fire service and Greater Manchester Police were called to the scene at around 6.30pm on Monday to water off Crowswood Drive in Stalybridge. In an update issued this morning, police said the girl's body was recovered overnight.
Detective Inspector Steven Horton, of our Tameside CID, said: "Yesterday evening’s events are nothing short of devastating and my thoughts are with the friends and family of the young girl who lost her life in such awful circumstances. We are doing all we can to support the girl’s family at this incredibly difficult time, and we are focused on ensuring they get the answers they deserve as to how this tragedy occurred.
"From our enquiries so far, we are confident that there are no suspicious circumstances and that this is such a sad reminder of the dangers of entering open water, whatever the weather."
Police have issued another reminder urging people not to cool off in reservoirs, rivers, canals or ponds in warm weather. There have been a number of deaths of people who got into difficulties in water during the summer heatwaves.
