Boys aged 16 and 17 among seven people dead in A66 crash that killed two police officers
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Key context: <p>Tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough who died after head-on collision with car travelling wrong way</p><p></p><p>A 16-year-old boy was one of seven people killed on Teesside when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66, believed to be using cloned plates, crashed head-on into a police vehicle.</p><p>Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael Robert Cahill and Jacob Matusiak died when their Volkswagen Passat collided with a marked armed response vehicle early on Saturday near Middlesbrough.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/23/tributes-paid-cleveland-police-killed-a66-crash-south-bank">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough who died after head-on collision with car travelling wrong wayA 16-year-old boy was one of seven people killed on Teesside when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66, believed to be using cloned plates, crashed head-on into a police vehicle.Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael Robert Cahill and Jacob Matusiak died when their Volkswagen Passat collided with a marked armed response vehicle early on Saturday near Middlesbrough. Continue reading...
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