Four men arrested after woman dies after crash in Brierley, near Barnsley

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A lorry which crashed into a house and killed a woman had been stolen earlier and was being followed by police, a force spokesman said.

Four men were arrested after the lorry knocked down and killed the pedestrian, hit two parked cars and smashed into the side of the house in Brierley, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

The incident, which happened at about 1.40pm on Friday, has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

South Yorkshire police said the lorry had previously been reported as stolen.

A spokesman said: “It was travelling along Common Lane, towards Grimethorpe, when an officer in a marked patrol car, travelling in the opposite direction, turned around to follow the vehicle.

“The HGV then travelled on to Park View, where it was in collision with a pedestrian, a woman in her 50s.

“The vehicle then hit two parked cars before colliding with a house on the road and coming to a stop.”

The dead woman’s family has been informed.



A large area remained cordoned off around the newly built semi-detached house, which suffered severe damage at the back, with beds and other household items hanging precariously from the wrecked gable end.

People living close to the scene said they were alerted by a loud bang.

They said no-one was in the house, which had been built in the past six months. Some of the people who lived in the property returned shortly after the crash to find their house wrecked.

One man, who did not want to be named, said: “It’s come and hit two cars and then just crashed right into the house. It hit the woman near the cars and it’s just terrible. The police were following it and it was obviously going too fast.”