Tributes paid to 'top bloke' scooter rider who died after being hit by an ambulance

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Tributes have been paid to a 'top bloke' who has died after being hit by an ambulance while riding a scooter. Shaun Jackson, 31, passed away following the incident in Barnsley on Friday night, Yorkshire Live reported.

The ambulance was responding to an emergency call at the time of the collision, at about 10.25pm. Police were called to the A628 Barnsley Road, at the junction with the offshoot Barnsley Road near to the Lord Nelson pub, Hoylandswaine, near Penistone.

One of his friends, Dean Cusworth, wrote: "Top bloke. Sadly took too early." And Elm Valley Scooter Club posted: "Sending out our condolences to Shaun Jackson to his family and friends who has tragically died in a road traffic accident yesterday. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. "Shaun was one of the Honda plonk gang who did the Humberbridge ride with us.

Sadly missed. RIP young man." South Yorkshire Police said yesterday: "We received a call from a member of the public and another report from Yorkshire Ambulance Service about a reported collision between an ambulance that was responding to an emergency call and a scooter. "The scooter rider – a man aged in his 30s - was transported to hospital, but later sadly died from his injuries.