Greater Manchester Police<\/a> says it was called out to concerns for a woman’s welfare after she was seen on the ‘wrong side of the bridge’. The force says she went on to fall into the River Irwell.<\/p>\nShe is now in a critical condition in hospital following the incident, GMP says. An investigation has been launched, although police do not believe there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n
Forensics investigators have been seen in attendance at Burrs Country Park this morning. Firefighters and paramedics also attended the scene.<\/p>\n
A GMP spokesperson said: “At around 6:30am this morning (December 3), we were called to a concern for welfare where a woman was reported on the wrong side of the bridge at Burrs Country Park, Bury and subsequently fell into the River Irwell. She is in a critical condition and has been taken to hospital where she is being treated for her injuries.<\/p>\n
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Forensics working at the scene this morning(Image: Vicki Hillyard)<\/p>\n
“There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident. We are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward. This includes any witnesses, CCTV or dashcam footage.”<\/p>\n
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service says two fire crews attended the scene at 6.45am for around 35 minutes ‘to assist with a person rescue’. A North West Ambulance Service spokesperson added: “A woman was taken to hospital in [a] serious condition after falling from a bridge.”<\/p>\n
Anyone with information or relevant footage is asked to contact GMP on 101, quoting log number 522 of December 3, 2025. Information can also be shared to GMP using the LiveChat function on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She is now in a critical condition 11:34, 03 Dec 2025Updated 11:34, 03 Dec 2025 Forensics at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,50324,1285,393,4884,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-609504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-burrs-country-park","10":"tag-bury","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115655636567115095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Forensics at the scene in Burrs Country Park, Bury(Image: Vicki Hillyard)<\/p>\n