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ROAD CHAOS AS PEDESTRIAN DIES THERE were multiple incidents on the roads this week, with a Sheffield man unfortunately losing his life in one of them.
Traffic officers are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a fatal collision on the M1 Southbound on Monday January 20. At around 5.30am, police received reports of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian between Junction 36 and Junction 35A on the M1 Southbound. The pedestrian, a 62-year-old man, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. His family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. The M1 has been re-opened following an investigation at the scene. Police are asking anyone who saw the collision, or anyone
who may have dashcam footage to contact them.
penalty notices and some cars were seized.
Please call 101 quoting incident number 96 of 20 January 2020 if you can help.
HMRC checked all the vehicles for red diesel, three were found to be using the diesel and were issued fixed penalty notices.
Also on Monday, there was a 10-vehicle collision on the A616/A628 at the Flouch roundabout. This caused some significant delays in the area whilst we recovered the vehicles and tidied up. Operation Duxford has also been in operation in the area. Barnsley’s Neighbourhood Teams were supported by roads policing officers, Barnsley Council, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) were at a site on A61 in Tankersley, on Wednesday January 15. The teams stopped 43 vehicles. A total of 14 were served fixed
Sgt Darrell Needham from the Barnsley West Neighbourhood Team, who also co-ordinated the day of action said: “Operation Voyager is about disrupting criminals use of our road networks, as well as ensuring drivers are abiding by the conditions of their driving licence. “As well as having a static site in operation we also had officers patrolling the roads and stopping vehicles. Officers stopped 18 vehicles and seized two for insurance offences. “Two arrests were also made following warrants being executed across Barnsley and proactive patrols. I would like to thank the officers and partners who supported the operation.”
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