Police issue A66 crash update as five more people arrested following smash that killed seven

The police issued an update on Tuesday afternoon13:58, 25 Aug 2026Five more people have been arrested following a crash on the A66 crash which killed seven people on Saturday, police have confirmed.‌A major investigation, launched by Cleveland Police, is looking into suspected criminal activity connected to the events leading up to the fatal collision near Middlesbrough which killed serving officers PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough.‌As well as the two officers, the five occupants of the other car, Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jacob Matusiak, 23, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and Cole Robert Worthy, 17 also died.‌Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily NewsletterPolice confirmed on Monday that 12 people had been arrested in response to the incident,