Tragedy as man, 26, dies after crashing into ambulance in Sheffield street
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A 26-year-old man has died after his vehicle collided with an ambulance on Myrtle Road in Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police have confirmed. Officers were called to the scene at 6.41pm on Wednesday 9 September, and paramedics performed CPR on the man, but he could not be saved and died at the scene. The force said the ambulance driver remained at the scene to assist with enquiries, and the man's family is being supported by officers following what police called a "tragic incident".
The collision came on the same evening that police cordoned off Havelock Bridge in nearby Heeley following a separate, unrelated incident. Images shared on Sheffield Online showed a significant police presence at the Myrtle Road scene, with multiple marked vehicles and officers redirecting traffic away from the area.
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In short
- Man, 26, died after colliding with an ambulance in Sheffield
- CPR performed at scene but he could not be saved
- Ambulance driver assisting police; family being supported
How this story developed
- 2 months ago A 26-year-old man has died after a collision with an ambulance on Myrtle Road in Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police have confirmed.
- 2 months ago A 26-year-old man has died after his vehicle collided with an ambulance on Myrtle Road in Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police have confirmed.
Full account
A 26-year-old man has died following a collision involving an ambulance on a residential street in Sheffield. South Yorkshire Police said officers were called to Myrtle Road at around 6.41pm on Wednesday 9 September 2026 after reports of a road traffic collision.
Paramedics and other medical staff who were at the scene attempted to resuscitate the man, performing CPR, but he could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the location. The driver of the ambulance remained at the scene afterwards to assist police with their enquiries into how the collision happened.
The incident occurred on the same evening that police had also cordoned off Havelock Bridge in the nearby Heeley area in response to a separate, unrelated matter. Photographs circulated on the Sheffield Online community platform showed a substantial police presence in the vicinity, with several marked patrol vehicles in attendance and officers directing traffic away from the cordon while enquiries continued.
South Yorkshire Police said the man's family is now being supported by specially trained officers as they come to terms with what the force described as a tragic incident. No further details have yet been released about the exact circumstances that led to the collision, and it is not clear whether any wider investigation or appeal for witnesses has been launched.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
Only one of the three supplied source reports (a YorkshireLive/South Yorkshire Police account) contained usable article content; the other two links returned only Google's generic cookie-consent/sign-in page rather than any news text, so no genuine cross-outlet comparison of emphasis or detail was possible for this account.
Because of this, all factual detail — the time and location of the crash, the CPR attempt, the ambulance driver remaining at the scene, the nearby Havelock Bridge cordon, and the family being supported by officers — derives from that single source.
Explained simply
Sheffield's Myrtle Road was the scene of a fatal road traffic collision on the evening of Wednesday 9 September, when a car crashed into an ambulance. South Yorkshire Police were called shortly before 7pm and paramedics tried to save the 26-year-old driver at the scene, but he died despite their efforts.
South Yorkshire Police is the force handling the incident, and it has confirmed the ambulance driver stayed at the scene to help with enquiries. The man's family are being supported by officers as the circumstances of the crash are established.
The same evening saw a separate police cordon at Havelock Bridge in nearby Heeley, which police have said is unrelated to the Myrtle Road collision. The two incidents happening close together in time and location led to a heavy police presence across the area, with road closures and diversions affecting local traffic.