Three taken to hospital after crash which closed road near Sheffield motorway junction
Emergency services sent to incident after collision
Three people were taken to hospital after a serious crash, which caused traffic jams near one of Sheffield’s main junction with the M1.
Emergency services were sent the the incident just after 3pm on Monday afternoon, on the A61 Sheffield Road through Birdwell, close to junction 36 of the M1.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service said in a statement: “We received an emergency call at 3.05pm yesterday (September 7) to report a road traffic collision on Sheffield Road in Barnsley.
“A number of ambulance resources, including three ambulances and a team leader, were dispatched to the scene and three patients were conveyed to hospital.”
The road was closed while emergency services were on the scene.
South Yorkshire Police said delays built up after the crash, and urged motorists to avoid the area.