Police pursuit was aborted seconds before fatal A66 crash as tributes flood in

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) says a police pursuit of a car believed to be using cloned plates was aborted seconds before it crashed into a separate police vehicle on the A66 near Middlesbrough, killing seven people — five young men and two Cleveland Police officers

Officers had been pursing a car before it went the wrong way down a dual carriageway.

The Volkswagen Passat involved in a horror crash that tragically killed seven included two police officers was believed to be using 'cloned plates' according to a police report

The two officers killed had been called to the area to assist with the search for the Passat.

The two officers killed had been called to the area to assist with the search for the Passat.