Casualty in hospital and lanes still closed after M1 crash near Sheffield

A casualty injured injured in the incident was taken to hospital

A casualty has been taken to hospital after a collision on the M1 in which a vehicle overturned.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident on the northboubnd M1, between Junctions 32 and 33, at around 9.20am.

It led to all northbound lanes being closed and major delays.

At one point, queues of around five miles were reported.

All lanes have been closed on the M1 northbound near Rotherham and Sheffield after reports of an 'overturned vehicle'.placeholder image
All lanes have been closed on the M1 northbound near Rotherham and Sheffield after reports of an 'overturned vehicle'. | National Highways

Some lanes have since reopened, but there are still closures.

National Highways released a statement saying that the incident wass due to an “accident involving an overturned vehicle.”

Motorway cameras showed emergency services and an ambulance at the scene.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: “We received an emergency call at 9.20am this morning to report a road traffic incident on the M1 northbound between junctions 32 and 33.

“An ambulance and a team leader were dispatched to the scene and one patient was conveyed to hospital.”

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