- The officer, 46, and female passenger died after the crash on A57 in Sheffield
- Police car was marked and rushing to a 999 call before the crash happened
- Male driver of the other car, 61, is still in hospital in a serious condition
Two people who died following a crash in Sheffield on Christmas Day has been named as PC Dave Fields and Lorraine Stephenson, South Yorkshire Police has said.
The incident happened at around 8.15pm as the marked police car was responding to a 999 call and travelling towards the Coisley Hill area of the city.
The other car involved was a silver Citroen C3, with a female passenger and male driver, 61, inside.
PC Dave Fields and Lorraine Stephenson died in a Christmas Day crash in Sheffield
After emergency services were scrambled to the scene the driver of the Citroen was taken to hospital, where he remains in a serious condition.
Police are appealing for witnesses and have reported the incident to the Police Complaints Commission.
A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said yesterday: ‘Emergency services were called to reports of a collision at around 8.15pm yesterday evening (Monday 25 December), on the A57 in Sheffield.
‘A marked BMW3 series police car was responding to an incident and travelling towards Coisley Hill, and a silver Citroen C3, travelling in the opposite direction, were involved in the collision.’
The crash happened on the A57 near Sheffield (pictured) yesterday at around 8.15pm. The marked police car and silver Citroen C3 collided head-on
A map shows where the marked police car crashed with the Citroen C3 at around 8.15pm yesterday on the A57 near Sheffield yesterday