Tributes to young man who died in M1 crash near Sheffield
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The man, aged in his 30s and who has not yet been named by police, died at the scene of the crash near Junction 38.
Officers were alerted at 7.16pm yesterday to reports of a collision ‘involving a car and a pedestrian’.
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Hide AdA South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said this morning: "The motorway was closed in both directions while emergency services carried out their work.
"A man in his 30s was sadly pronounced dead at the scene."
On our Facebook page, readers passed on their condolences to the young man’s family.
Georgia-lauren Grant said: “Bless him, so sad, may he rest in peace. My thoughts are with his family and friends.”
Rachel Stevenson posted: “May he rest in peace. Taken far too soon from his loving family.”
The road reopened at about 1am this morning.