Two taken to hospital after serious crash which shut major South Yorkshire road
Ambulance service confirm response to incident
Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash which shut a busy South Yorkshire road.
South Yorkshire Police urged motorists to avoid the area earlier this afternoon (July 9), as emergency services responded the incident which happened late this morning, and which saw the air ambulance called.
The road has been closed from the main roundabout at the bottom of Carlton Road to Industry Road in Barnsley.
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service told The Star it received a 999 called after the incident, and confirmed two had been taken to hospital.
A spokesman said: “We received an emergency call at 11.19am this morning to report a road traffic collision on Carlton Road in Barnsley.
“A number of ambulance resources were dispatched to the scene, including two ambulances and the air ambulance, and two patients were conveyed by road to hospital.”
Police issued a warning that the road had been closed at 12.37pm, but have not issued any updates since then.