Mother and son dead following incident in Rochdale

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

An elderly woman and a man in his 60s - understood to be a mother and son - have died following an incident in Rochdale. One line of investigation is that there was a possible gas leak at a property.

Emergency services and Cadent engineers descended on Foxholes Road at around 5.10pm on Friday (December 27). Greater Manchester Police said a man in his 60s was tragically found dead at the scene.

The woman, who was in her 80s, was rushed to hospital, where she later died. It is understood they were mother and son. Neighbours reported hearing a loud bang coming from the scene on Friday evening, but the cause is yet to be confirmed.

Images from the scene showed multiple police cars, ambulances and Cadent vans lining Foxholes Road on Friday evening. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a large emergency services presence in the area.