A woman has suffered serious injuries after a major collision occurred between Sheffield and Chesterfield this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency services were called to A61 Unstone-Dronfield Bypass after a car and pedestrian collided at 5.20am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman, in her 40s, has been confirmed as a pedestrian on the dual carriageway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has been taken to hospital and her family have been made aware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The road remains closed and is expected to for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delays have been reported due to the closure and police are asking the public to avoid the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Update 19:07 09\/10\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Police have confirmed that a woman has died after being hit by a car on A61 Unstone-Dronfield Bypass this morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She died shortly before 1pm, police say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Her family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The road remains closed and is expected to for some time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,70],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-generalnews","tag-dronfield","tag-road-closure","tag-south-yorkshire","tag-traffic-collision"],"yoast_head":"\n