Driver taken to hospital after car bursts into flames following crash in Sheffield

A motorist has been taken to hospital after a car burst into flames following a crash earlier today.
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Emergency services were called to a two car collision on Tapton Hill Road, at its junction with Manchester Road, Crosspool, at around 11.20am.

One of the vehicles caught fire and a driver was taken to hospital.

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The road was closed while emergency services dealt with the aftermath of the smash and while a clean-up operation was mounted.

A driver was taken to hospital after two cars crashed in Sheffield and one burst into flames earlier todayA driver was taken to hospital after two cars crashed in Sheffield and one burst into flames earlier today
A driver was taken to hospital after two cars crashed in Sheffield and one burst into flames earlier today

Buses which serve Manchester Road were diverted away from the crash scene.

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