Woman passenger sadly dies after vehicle collides with Sheffield taxi
A woman has died after the vehicle she was travelling in collided with a taxi in Sheffield on Sunday.
South Yorkshire Police officers were called at around 1.25am to a report of a collision on the carriageway into the city on Sheffield Parkway, involving a blue Mercedes GLA which had been in collision with a silver Hackney Carriage taxi.
A passenger in the Mercedes, 23-year-old Sharna Brooke Burgin from Sheffield, was taken to hospital but sadly died the following day.
Sharna’s family are being supported by specialist officers and have asked for their privacy to be respected at this difficult time.
The driver of the taxi and two other passengers from the Mercedes received minor injuries. A further passenger from the Mercedes, a man in his 20s, received serious injuries and was taken to hospital. He has since been discharged.
The suspected driver of the Mercedes, a 23-year-old man from Sheffield, left the scene before officers arrived.
Later that same evening, he handed himself in to officers and was arrested for causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision. He has been bailed pending further enquiries.
Police have appealed to anyone who witnessed the collision, or has any dashcam footage that could assist the ongoing investigation to get in touch calling 101 quoting incident number 55 of 26 February 2023.
Dashcam footage can be emailed to enquiries@southyorks.pnn.police.uk with the incident number as the email subject. Information can also be submitted via the online portal here: www.southyorks.police.uk/contact-us/report-something.
