The body of a mother-of-three has been pulled from a reservoir after she ‘got into difficulty’ in the water.
Kimberley Johnson, 33, was found in Strinesdale Reservoir, Greater Manchester, on Sunday following a major search and rescue operation.
Paying an emotional tribute, her close friend Tanya Kennedy described her as an ‘amazing woman’ who would ‘light up every room she walked into’.
She confirmed Ms Johnson was a mother-of-three from Rochdale.
‘Kim was such an amazing woman, she took me in when I was younger and from there she always treated me like a sister,’ she said.
‘I really wish I could speak to her one last time.’
Emergency services attended the scene, situated on the A62 between and Delph, at around 4pm that day after reports of a woman ‘getting into difficulty’ in the water.
A rescue operation was launched with the area, off Waterworks Road, being cordoned off. The fire service’s specialist water incident unit was drafted in.
A woman’s body was later recovered, at around 6.25pm, Greater Manchester Police said in an update shared the following morning.
‘Emergency services responded to an incident at Strinesdale Reservoir at around 4:50pm yesterday (Sunday 17 August 2025) after reports of a woman getting into difficulty in the water,’ a force spokesperson said.
‘Sadly, the body of a woman was recovered.
‘There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death.’
The woman has now been named as 33-year-old Kimberley Johnson, from Oldham, a spokesperson for Rochdale Coroners’ Court confirmed.
No further details about Ms Johnson or the circumstances have yet been disclosed.