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Nine men and three women aged between 19 and 61 arrested as part of investigation into events leading to deadly collision
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Nine men and three women aged between 19 and 61 arrested as part of investigation into events leading to deadly collision
Twelve people have been arrested on suspicion of offences including being involved with organised crime as part of the investigation into events leading to a crash on the A66 that killed two police officers and five others.
Cleveland police confirmed that nine men and three women were detained by officers investigating the events that led up to PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough dying when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way on the A66 near Middlesbrough collided with their marked armed response vehicle. All five men who were in the second car, aged between 17 and 23, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Twelve people have been arrested on suspicion of offences including being involved with organised crime as part of the investigation into events leading to a crash on the A66 that killed two police officers and five others.
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Source: The Guardian · Raphael Boyd, Hannah Al-Othman and Robert Booth. Published 24 Aug 2026, 05:51 pm.
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