West Street incident: Ambulance service release statement on incident which closed Sheffield street
Emergency services have released a statement after an incident which saw a section of road near West Street closed this morning.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service was called out to the junction of West Street at Glossop Road, near Sheffield city centre early this morning , while it was still dark.
The road appeared to have been blocked by lorries to keep the ambulance service and the injured person safe while paramedics worked.
The ambulance service said: “We received an emergency call at 6.14am this morning to report a person who had fallen from their bicycle on West Street in Sheffield.
“An ambulance was dispatched to the scene and one patient was conveyed to hospital.”
A lorry could be seen to be blocking off the road while paramedics from Yorkshire Ambulance Service helped a stricken figure, lying on the ground.
The injured figure was in the middle of Glossop Road, close to the point where it becomes West Street, and close to a bus gate sign.
An ambulance could be seen parked on nearby Regent Street, with its doors open at the back.