Warning as girl dies of ‘overdose’

POLICE have warned youngsters about post-exam summer celebrations, after a 16-year-old girl from Warrington died of a suspected drug overdose.

Serena Harding was found unconscious close to a bench by a couple walking in parkland in Reddish, Stockport, around 10.50pm on Sunday night.

Four men, aged 20, 19, 19 and 18 and a 25-year-old woman are being questioned in relation to drug offences.

Chief Inspector Mark Hussey, from Greater Manchester Police, said: “At this time of year with GCSE and A-level results due, many young people will be in celebratory spirit.

“I would like to remind them of the potentially fatal and damaging effects taking drugs can have.”

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