Sheffield Parkway: Four people injured as taxi struck in hit-and-run

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Image caption, Sheffield Parkway had been closed following the crash

Four people have been injured, one critically, after a car crashed into a taxi on a dual carriageway in Sheffield.

South Yorkshire Police said a Mercedes GLA hit a stationary taxi on the city-bound A57 Sheffield Parkway at 01:24 GMT on Sunday.

All four were taken to hospital, and a woman in her 20s remains there in a critical condition.

The Mercedes driver fled the scene and has not yet been found, police added.

The critically-injured woman was a passenger in the same vehicle.

Sheffield Parkway had been closed in both directions while police investigated the crash, but the road has now reopened.

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