Woman killed by falling tree branch

Flowers have been placed at the scene

A woman has died after being hit by a falling tree branch in Manchester.

It happened near the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Stanton Avenue in Didsbury at about 19:15 BST on Saturday, Greater Manchester Police said.

"Despite the best efforts of emergency workers, a woman in her 40s was sadly pronounced dead at the scene," the force added.

The death was not being treated as suspicious.

It comes just over two weeks since a similar incident in neighbouring Lancashire, in which a 32-year-old woman was also killed by a falling branch.

Madia Kauser was struck while walking with her husband and two children in Witton Country Park in Blackburn on 11 August.

The fallen tree branch has been cleared away form the scene