Todwick Road: 18-year-old still fighting for life after horror crash which claimed lives of two other teens

An 18-year-old critically injured in a horror crash in which two other teens were killed remains in hospital more than two weeks on.

In the early hours of Saturday, December 13, at 2.40am, emergency services received reports of a collision on Todwick Road, Rotherham.

A boy and girl, both 17, died in a horror crash at the weekendplaceholder image
A boy and girl, both 17, died in a horror crash at the weekend

A silver Toyota Corolla was travelling away from Dinnington, towards Todwick, when it left the carriageway and collided with a tree.

Tragically, the driver - a 17-year-old girl - was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her passenger, a 17-year-old boy, also sadly died in the collision.

A second passenger in the car, an 18 year-old man, was seriously injured in the collision and taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.

Two arrests have been made in connection with the collision.

Officers arrested two men, aged 18 and 19 years old.

One was held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and the other on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

Both men were released on police bail after being quizzed over the death crash.

Sergeant John Taylor from South Yorkshire Police’s Serious Collisions Unit, said: “We are committed to finding answers for their families.”

Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 106 of December 13, 2025.

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