Specialist search teams desperately scour waters amid reports of person 'in difficulty' in Stalybridge

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Specialist search teams scrambled to a quiet residential street on Monday evening following reports of a person getting into difficulty in the water.

A huge emergency services response raced to Crowswood Drive, in Stalybridge, shortly after 6.30pm. The streets were a hub of activity, with groups of concerned onlookers watching as the teams headed through the woodland to search the waters.

Further details about the casualty involved have not yet been confirmed. Specialist search teams from the fire service and Greater Manchester Police were deployed to the scene, at Carrbrook Angling Club.

Witnesses described them arriving 'within minutes' of hearing people screaming for help. READ MORE"What has happened here is everybody's problem": Community left reeling after post Carnival shooting A large cordon was erected on Crowswood Drive, from the junction with Whimberry Drive.