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A66 crash: family hail police officer killed in horror smash as 'our hero'

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A66 crash: family hail police officer killed in horror smash as 'our hero'
A66 crash: family hail police officer killed in horror smash as 'our hero'
The family of one of the two officers killed when a car driving the wrong way down the A66 crashed into their police vehicle said he was “our hero” who was “always on public duty”.
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A66 crash: First picture of hero cop and dad PC Matthew Blades killed in horror smash
Hero police officer and dad-of-two PC Matthew Blades and colleague PC Tom Clough died on duty following the crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough, Teesside
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