Doncaster Road Barnsley: Emergency services describe incident which triggered air ambulance response
A pedestrian was taken to hospital after a collision with a car in an incident to which an air ambulance was deployed.
Emergency services were sent to Doncaster Road in Barnsley on Saturday morning, with an air ambulance landing on a nearby green space.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service told The Star: “We received an emergency call at 10.36am on Saturday, December 27 to report a collision between a car and a pedestrian on Doncaster Road in Barnsley.
“An ambulance, team leader and the air ambulance were dispatched to the scene and one patient was conveyed to hospital.”
South Yorkshire Police added: “We were called to Doncaster Road, Barnsley, at 10.48am on Saturday (27 December) by the ambulance service reporting a road traffic collision between a car and pedestrian.
“Officers attended and the pedestrian, a 19-year-old man, was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the car involved remained at the scene and arrangements were made for the vehicle to be recovered.”
Buses were diverted while emergency services dealt with the incident, which caused disruption while the road was closed.
The roads locally were disrupted, with bus companies diverting routes which usually travel along Doncaster Road.
Stagecoach Yorkshire said in a statement on the day: “Due to a non-bus RTA (road traffic accident) on Doncaster Road, Barnsley, our 22x, 217 & 218 services will be diverting Grange Lane - Cundy Cross - Pontefract Road for journeys in either direction.”
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