Four people rushed to hospital as emergency services respond to South Yorkshire motorway pile-up this morning
Emergency services have confirmed that they’ve taken four people to hospital after a collision that brought a motorway to a standstill this morning.
Just before 9am this morning (November 10), a number of response units were called to reports of a collision on the A1M southbound between junction 37 - which connects to the north of Doncaster - and junction 36 near to Warmsworth.
All lanes on the motorway were closed, as National Highway operatives managed the flow of traffic.
The collision involved four vehicles, with traffic being described as at a standstill at the time.
A spokesperson for National Highways said: “A collision occurred on the A1 southbound this morning between junction 37 and junction 36 involving four cars. The incident happened at 8.47am and emergency services and National Highways traffic officers attended with the southbound carriageway closed for a time to allow for recovery of the vehicles.
“The carriageway was fully reopened at 11.05am.”
Traffic has since returned to normal, however ambulance crews have had to take four people to hospital.
A spokesperson for Yorkshire Ambulance Service added: “We received an emergency call at 8.46am this morning to report a road traffic collision on the A1M between junctions 36 and 37.
“A number of ambulance resources were dispatched to the scene, including two ambulances and a team leader, and four patients were conveyed to hospital.”