New appeal for witnesses
POLICE have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a smash on the M1 in South Yorkshire which left a Nottinghamshire man dead.
John Butler, aged 55, from Kirkby in Ashfield, was pronounced dead on arrival at Chesterfield Hospital following the crash on Tuesday July 17.
A 28-year-old lorry driver from Poland was uninjured.
The two-vehicle smash involving a red DAF lorry and a white Ford Transit Connect van happened opposite the Woodhall Services slip road on the southbound carriageway.
Sgt Andy Noble, from the South Yorkshire Police Road Policing Group, said: “It is now three weeks since the incident and we have had a very limited response from witnesses.”
Anyone who can assist is asked to call the South Yorkshire Police Accident Witness Line on 0114 220 2970.