Greater Manchester Police received reports about a missing 13-year-old boy and launched a search
Mountain rescue teams were called to the scene
(Image: Rossendale Mountain Rescue )
Mountain rescue teams were called out amid a search for a missing teenager at Holcombe Moor near Bury on Sunday night (October 12).
Greater Manchester Police received reports about a missing 13-year-old boy and launched a search of the area, which forms part of the West Pennine Moors.
Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue, who were called alongside Bolton Mountain Rescue teams, search dog teams and the fire service’s drone unit, were first notified at around 7.50pm.
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A statement shared by Bolton Mountain Rescue added: “The team were contacted by Greater Manchester Police with an incident involving a missing 13 year old on Holcombe moor. The team were deployed along with multiple other assets from the region.
“The moor was surrounded in mist and darkness, and searching began on foot, via drone, and via vehicles.”
The teenage boy was later found at around 9.30pm near to Red Brook. He was later reunited with his family in Holcombe Village.
“Thankfully the lost young man was found fairly quickly by a party of two Rossendale MR team members on foot, near to Red Brook. He was assisted back to his family in Holcombe,” the statement added.
A post shared by Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue read: “Fortunately, at around 21:30 there was a successful find by some of our team members.
“Having used their local knowledge, they located the casualty safe and well (if not a little cold) around and they were assisted off the moors before being reunited with their family in Holcombe village.”