Afternoon folks, were you stuck in traffic this afternoon on the M1 south around junction 37? If so, here's why...
Officers were deployed to a single vehicle collision with reports that the vehicle had left the carriageway and burst in to flames. Road conditions were wet at the time and as officers arrived on scene it became clear there was a vehicle well alight and colleagues from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue were in attendance squirting water all over some kind of sporty m...otor some 50 or so metres down a banking... As we are an inquisitive bunch we found the driver and were amazed to see he only had minor cuts and bruises!
Officers asked the driver what sort of car he 'had' to which he replied "It was a Ferrari". Detecting a sense of damaged pride he then said "I've only just got it, picked it up an hour ago".
This driver was very lucky 🍀
The serious part of this post: Over the past couple of weeks there has been a number of collisions where driving styles have not reflected the road & weather conditions. Please take more care!
Ps. Here's a couple of pictures of the previously mentioned sporty motor.. For those who aren't very knowledgable on cars, it was a Ferrari 430 Scuderia.
Update: Following on from speaking to a number of witnesses officers do not believe excess speed was a contributory factor in this collision. All the collision investigators on Facebook, take note 😜
