Police probe continues into fatal crash which closed M1 in South Yorkshire for hours
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A 25-year-old man, who has not yet been named, died in a collision on the northbound M1, between junctions 35A for Chapeltown and 36 for Tankersley, just before midnight on Friday.
Emergency services were called out after a black Mercedes CLA was involved in a collision with a pedestrian in the third lane of the carriageway.
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Both sides of the carriageway were closed for most of Saturday for investigative work to be carried out at the crash scene, with the M1 not fully re-open until around 5pm.
Witnesses should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 1,011 of the October 18.