South Yorkshire Police are investigating a crash on White Rose Way in Doncaster after a black Mitsubishi L200 hit a group of pedestrians on Sunday. Two people died at the scene, and four others were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The crash happened at 11:00 BST between Carriage Drive and Middle Bank Roundabout, then the Mitsubishi hit a black Audi and silver BMW on the opposite carriageway. Police said they were still working to identify and inform the families of those who died.
White Rose Way in Doncaster
The road closure detail matters to anyone who uses that stretch of White Rose Way in Doncaster, because the collision involved more than one vehicle and crossed onto the opposite carriageway. That makes the scene more than a single-impact crash: it left pedestrians, drivers and emergency responders dealing with a wider area of damage and injury.
Four people were taken to hospital with serious injuries, so the immediate priority for those affected is hospital care and the police investigation. South Yorkshire Police asked witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to contact them, which is the most direct way the next stage of the inquiry can move forward.
Mitsubishi driver arrest
The driver was a 30-year-old man. Police arrested him on suspicion of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving while unfit, then later released him on bail.
That sequence leaves the case at an early stage. An arrest on those allegations means police are treating the standard of driving as central to the inquiry, while bail means the investigation continues without a custody hold.
South Yorkshire Police witness appeal
Police are still identifying the people who died and speaking to their families. For anyone who saw the crash, or who has footage from White Rose Way, the practical next step is to send it to South Yorkshire Police so investigators can reconstruct the moments before the Mitsubishi struck the pedestrians and the two vehicles.
The unanswered point is what caused the driver to be considered unfit and how that fed into the collision on Sunday morning. Until investigators set out that chain, the most important facts are already fixed: 2 dead, 4 seriously injured, and a police appeal for anyone who saw it happen.
