M1 crash Sheffield: Emergency services release first details of serious incident on motorway tonight

The motorway’s northbound carriageway was closed this afternoon after what National Higways described as a multivehicle collision, with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, and South Yorkshire Police all sent to the scene.

Tonight, Yorkshire Ambulance Service expained why they had been called out.

The service issued a statement saying: “We received an emergency call at 4.14pm this afternoon to reports of a collision involving three vehicles on the M1 northbound between junctions 32 and 33. Two ambulances were dispatched to the scene and the incident remains ongoing at this time.”

It was the second incident on South Yorkshire’s motorways to cause disruption, following a van fire on the M18 earlier.

Highways England confirmed the road had re-opened just after 7pm. They said: “The M1 northbound between J32 and J33 near Rotherham is now open following the earlier collision. There are residual delays of 45 minutes on the approach. Thank you for your patience.”

South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have both been approached for information.