Ringinglow Road crash: Motorcyclist injured in Sheffield incident which closed country road

Emergency services were called out to Ringinglow Road, Ringinglow, on Friday night after the rider had left the road and ended up injured in a ditch next to the carriageway.

An ambulance crew was sent to the scene by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service – but they needed help from firecrews to get the injured woman out of the ditch safely before taking her to hospital.

A spokesman for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called at 7.10pm (Friday June 23) to Ringinglow Road, Sheffield to an RTC (road traffic collision).

“One casualty who had been on a motorbike was in a ditch. Firefighters from Lowedges and Central stations attended the incident and assisted ambulance crews with the casualty and getting them out of the ditch. Crews left the scene at 8pm.”

The injured woman was taken by ambulance to the Northern General Hospital after she had been rescued from the ditch by the firefighters, said ambulance officials.

The Yorkshire Ambulance Service said in a statement: “We received an emergency call just after 6.30pm on Friday evening to report a motorcyclist in a ditch in the Ringinglow Road area of Sheffield. An ambulance and rapid response vehicle were dispatched to the scene and a female patient was conveyed to Northern General Hospital.”

Ringinglow Road travels through countryside and fields, and eventually leads across the Derbyshire border and into the Peaks.