Multiple deaths after crash between police vehicle and car
Police say 14 ambulance resources responded as investigators examine a pursuit before the crash that killed seven people, including two officers.
- Seven people, including two police officers, died on Saturday after a collision involving a Cleveland Police vehicle and a Volkswagen Passat on the A66 near Middlesbrough in the early hours.
- The 3:39 AM crash followed a police pursuit of a suspicious vehicle, triggering a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation.
- Emergency responders deployed 14 units from the North East Ambulance Service, including a specialist paramedic and doctor from the Great North Air Ambulance Service, while the A66 closed between Normanby Road and Church Lane.
- IOPC Director of Investigations Nicola Marfleet confirmed investigators have begun reviewing evidence at the scene, while Cleveland Police work to identify victims and notify their families.
- Redcar MP Anna Turley expressed condolences for the "devastating incident," urging the public to "avoid speculating online" while authorities work at the scene.
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Seven people have died in a head-on collision near Middlesbrough in northeast England. Two of the victims are police officers – and the accident occurred in connection with a car chase, Sky news reports.
7 dead in UK after vehicle travelling in wrong direction hits police car
Seven people, including two police officers, died in a car crash in northeast England on Saturday after a car heading the wrong way down a major road hit a marked police armed response car, the local police force said. Cleveland Police said the incident took place in the early hours of Saturday near the South Bank area east of Middlesbrough and that all occupants of the two cars died at the scene. “This is an incredibly sad day for Cleveland,”…
Seven people died in a collision between a police car and a passenger vehicle on a main road in northeast England on Saturday...
Seven people were killed in an accident in England, and two police officers were among the dead.
The circumstances of the tragedy are unknown. The police spoke of a race-prosecution, without giving more details.
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