Boy among four killed in crashes
A BOY aged 10 was among four people who died following a spate of accidents on the region's roads over the weekend.
The boy and a man both died when the Ford Escort they were passengers in on the A619 Baslow Road in Chesterfield as in collision with an East Midlands Emergency Ambulance at 3pm on Saturday.
East Midlands Ambulance Service could not confirm whether the ambulance was answering an emergency call or not.
A spokesman said: "We can confirm that one of our vehicles was involved in an accident on the A619 in Chesterfield.
"We have no reason to think that the driver of our vehicle was at fault.
"However at the present time this incident is being investigated by police and we are therefore unable to comment further."
Police are also investigating a crash in Sheffield city centre last night in which a bus is reported to have struck a pedestrian.
The single decker - a number 43 - was travelling along Bramall Lane towards St Mary's Gate when it was involved in the collision near to the BP garage.
Police closed off the road between St Mary's Gate and Randall Street while accident investigators examined the scene.
Two more people also lost their lives in the North Derbyshire area over the weekend.
The first accident occurred at 8.30pm on Friday when the male driver of a Ford Mondeo died after his car was in collision with a Mercedes SLK convertible on the A619 Chander Hill, Holymoorside, Chesterfield.
And at 7.30am on Saturday both lanes of the M1 were closed for hours when a white Ford Transit panel van was in collision with a DAF tipper lorry between junctions 29 and 29a on the north bound carriageway.
A 22-year-old man who was driving the Transit died at the scene.
None of the victims of the three accidents has yet been named.
Derbyshire Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed any of the three accidents to contact them on the witness appeal line 01773 572929.
The accidents led to complete chaos for drivers using or attempting to access or exit the M1.
One driver from Dronfield criticised transport chiefs for lack of information.
He claims warning signs over the carriageway did not give any useful information.
He said: "I was stuck in traffic for most of Saturday afternoon without knowing why.
"I drove past countless electronic signs but not one warned of what lay ahead or where we should expect to come off.
"The signs just told us not go above 40mph - but we were stationary.
"If there had been a system in place to stop us getting on the motorway in the first place there wouldn't have been such a queue."
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