M1 incident leaves woman with serious head injuries

A WOMAN suffered serious head injuries after the car she was driving veered across three lanes of the M1 and into a field.

The 34-year-old was travelling southbound between junctions 33 and 32,

in a silver Mercedes SLK convertible when the incident happened at around 11.50am on Monday.

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The vehicle swerved across the carriageway, from lane three into lanes two and one and then off the carriageway, through the fence and into the field at the side of the motorway.

The driver, from Sheffield, received serious head and arm injuries and was taken to Northern General Hospital.

No other vehicles were involved.

Police are urging any witnesses who may have seen the manner of driving before the collision to contact the Accident Witness Helpline on 0114 220 2970.