Arrest made following the death of a man in Rotherham

Police officers have made an arrest after the body of a man was found in a Rotherham street yesterday (Sunday 26 June).

At 7.16pm emergency services were called to reports that a pedestrian had been in collision with a car on Herringthorpe Valley Road in Rotherham.

After initial investigations he was also found to have received an injury consistent with a puncture wound to his neck.

A post mortem is yet to be completed and a cause of death has not been determined, but officers have now arrested a 25-year-old man from Sheffield on suspicion of murder.

Enquiries are still ongoing at this stage.

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