Shalesmoor Sheffield: Road closed due to police incident

Officials at First South Yorkshire, Sheffield’s biggest bus operator, have tweeted this afternoon about the closure and explained it had to divert some of its bus services as a result.

It said: “Shalesmoor closed by police. Inbound to town will divert from Infirmary Road onto Watery Street, Meadow Street/Scotland Street. Outbound from West Bar roundabout, Tenter Street, Broad Lane, back down Tenter Street, Scotland Street/Meadow Street, Watery Street, down to Infirmary Road.”

The company has now put out another message to state that its buses are now back to their normal route.

South Yorkshire Police have now stated that the road was closed because of a road traffic collision. They stated none of those involved were seriously injured.