{"id":63977,"date":"2025-03-21T09:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=63977"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:19:07","slug":"breaking-crash-on-whitham-road-causes-congestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/breaking-crash-on-whitham-road-causes-congestion\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Crash on Whitham Road causes congestion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is traffic disruption in the centre of Sheffield this morning as a car and a van have collided outside The Wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police are on the scene clearing the vehicles but traffic has been slowed along Whitham Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crash took place on the turning onto Northumberland Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The van could be seen being loaded onto a tow truck at around 8:45am , but the car remains broken down at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broken parts of the vehicles were laying 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