Police find body of woman, 19, near footpath at popular beauty spot in Bury
- Police were called to reports of concern for welfare near the Kirklees Trail
- Eyewitnesses saw officers searching near the old railway line at 1.10am today
- Greater Manchester Police are not treating the woman’s death as suspicious
The body of a 19-year-old woman has been found by a popular beauty spot in Bury.
Police were called to reports of concern for welfare near the Kirklees Trail, a former railway line linking Greenmount to Bury, at around 1.10am today.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the woman’s death is not being treated as suspicious, and had passed a file to the coroner.
Police were called to reports of concern for welfare near the Kirklees Trail, a former railway line linking Greenmount to Bury, at around 1.10am today
Eyewitnesses say they saw officers searching near a bridge, with one saying: ‘I woke up at about 3am and there were ambulance and police parked on the street.
‘They walked towards the bridge behind my house and there was some activity over there. It was quite unsettling to see.’
A spokesman for GMP said: ‘At around 1.10am this morning (Wednesday 10 June 2020), police were called to reports of concern for welfare on Brandle Avenue, Bury.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) told MailOnline that the woman’s death is not being treated as suspicious, and had passed a file to the coroner
‘Emergency services arrived and sadly found the body of a 19-year-old woman. There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding her death.
‘A file has been passed to the coroner.’
A spokesperson for North West Ambulance Service said: ‘We were called to Darlington Close at 1.35am on Wednesday. We attended with an ambulance and rapid response vehicle, but no one was taken to hospital.’