Skip to content

Bodies pulled from car wreckage found in reservoir

Ewan Gawne
BBC News, Manchester
Google A wooden fence runs a long a road by a reservoir basin. Low green hills can be seen dotted with trees on the other side of the reservoir. Google
Police are looking into how the car ended up in the water

The bodies of a man and a woman have been pulled from the wreckage of a car found in a reservoir in Greater Manchester.

Police were called to reports of a crash at Dowry Reservoir on Huddersfield Road in Denshaw, Oldham, at about 10:10 GMT on Saturday.

The bodies of the pair, both aged in their 70s, were later recovered from the water.

Greater Manchester Police said an investigation into how the car ended up in the reservoir was taking place.

Anderson/Geograph Huddersfield Road snakes above the Dowry reservoir dam, with a basin of water seen behind the route, with green hills in the distances on an overcast day.Anderson/Geograph
There are three reservoirs in the area separated by dams by Saddleworth Moor

A force spokesman said the families of the pair had been contacted and were being supported.

Huddersfield Road runs along a dam separating Dowry Reservoir with New Years Bridge Reservoir.

Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.

Related internet links