Sheffield parkway crash: Two arrested after collision which left woman critical in hospital

Emergency services were called out at around 1.25am on Sunday morning, and found a blue Mercedes GLA had been in a collision with a silver ‘black cab’ style taxi.

Five people were taken to hospital, with the taxi driver and two passengers from the Mercedes receiving non-serious injuries. A further passenger from the Mercedes, a man aged in his 20s, received serious but non-life-threatening injuries and remains in hospital. A fourth passenger, a woman aged in her 20s, remains in hospital in a critical condition.South Yorkshire Police said in a statement this morning: “The driver of the Mercedes left the scene before officers arrived. Yesterday evening, a man in his 20s was arrested for causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision. A 53-year-old woman was arrested for assisting an offender and has since been released on bail.”

Officers have appealed for witnesses to come foward.