Crookes Sheffield: Incident sees officers deploy police drone and block off part of School Road

Two police cars were seen last night (Saturday, August 12) blocking off the top part of School Road, between its junction with Crookes and Sackville Road. 

A police drone was seen in use by an officer overlooking the area at 9.30pm. A grey Audi, which had been parked on School Road, was then towed away with police supervision shortly after. 

One resident said three men had allegedly got out of a car before running into an alleyway between two houses on School Road. It was heard that they were then seen running down towards Commonside shortly before police arrived at the scene, at some time around 9pm.

South Yorkshire Police said: "Officers were patrolling the Crookes area of Sheffield on Saturday 12 August when they sighted a grey Audi A1 travelling at speed.

"Officers then spotted the vehicle on School Road around 9pm. The driver and two passengers are believed to have fled the scene.

"Officers recovered the vehicle and enquiries are on-going.

"Anyone with information is asked to report online, via live chat or by calling 101 quoting incident number 1005 of August 12 2023."