Van driver injured in cash container robbery

A SECURITY van driver was attacked and pushed to the ground by a robber who made off with around £25,000 from a container he was delivering to a bank.

The 41-year-old was delivering to the HSBC at the Tanyard, Wickersley, at around 10.15am on Wednesday when he was robbed.

Police said a man approached him, assaulted him, pushed him to the ground and fled in a Ford van.

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Officers said they had recovered the van and cashbox and the security van driver suffered minor injuries.

Anyone with any information should call police on 101, or email [email protected], quoting incident number 332 of December 21.