M1 incident Sheffield: Ambulance service statement as M1 remains closed near Chapeltown
Ambulance bosses have released a statement on an incident which has seen emergency services deployed after a tanker crashed off the M1 near Sheffield.
The incident happened at around 11am this morning, and resulted in the southbound carriageway being closed by emergency services, near Chapeltown.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service told The Star a casualty had been taken to hospital after the incident.
They said: “We received an emergency call at 11.04am this morning to report a road traffic incident on the M1 near junction 35.
“Two ambulances, a team leader and a rapid response vehicle were dispatched to the scene and one patient was conveyed to hospital.”
National Highways told The Star: “We can confirm that the M1 south has been closed following a single vehicle collision where a HGV has left the carriageway.
“Emergency services are in attendance. The vehicle has left the carriageway at the end of the J35 entry slip. South Yorkshire Police are leading the response and request the road remain closed for now.”
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South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue said the incident involves an overturned tanker, and it expects lane one and the slip road to be shut for several hours after the full carriagway re-opens.
It has warned people to expect delays.
Police said earlier: “We are currently responding to reports of an HGV leaving the carriageway on the M1 southbound near J35.
“The southbound carriageway is currently closed and motorists are asked to avoid the area.”