Scooter rider dies after collision with ambulance

A scooter rider has died pursuing a collision pinch an ambulance in a colony adjacent Barnsley in South Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire Police said it was called astatine astir 10.25pm connected Friday by some a personnel of The nationalist and Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

The ambulance was responding to an emergency telephone erstwhile it collided pinch The scooter connected The A628 Barnsley Road in Hoylandswaine, adjacent to The junction adjacent The Lord Nelson pub.

The rider, a man in his 30s, died of his injuries aft being taken to hospital, constabulary said.

"The driver of The ambulance is assisting officers pinch enquiries," The unit added.

"We petition that The privateness of The victim's family is respected astatine this difficult time."

Officers would for illustration to speak to anyone who was connected Barnsley Road astatine The clip and who "may person seen The collision" aliases recorded it connected a dashcam.

"We are besides appealing to immoderate premises that has CCTV cameras which screen The junction to cheque their footage and spot if those cameras caught The collision," South Yorkshire Police added.

People are urged to telephone 101, quoting incident number 1232 of 28 July 2023.