A57 accident victim dies

A WOMAN who suffered multiple fractures in a collision involving a car and a lorry has died of her injuries.
By Tom Sharpe
Published 8th Apr 2011, 09:19 BST
Updated 11th Jan 2017, 04:03 BST

Police said that the 54-year-old died at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital yesterday and they made a fresh appeal for information about the collision this morning.

The woman, from Sheffield, sustained fatal head injuries and multiple fractures when her blue Peugeot 206 hatchback collided with a blue LGV tipper van travelling in the opposite direction along the A57, near Lindrick, at around 9.45am on Monday .

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A police spokesman said that the woman’s car had been travelling towards Anston when it “drifted onto the other carriageway.”

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He added: “The LGV driver then tried to avoid crashing but the vehicles collided, offside to offside.”

The tipper lorry driver, a 49-year-old North Anston man, was not thought to have been hurt in the incident.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or the manner of driving prior to the collision, should contact police on 0114 220 2020, quoting incident number 258 of April 4. 

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