Two 17-year-olds among seven people dead in A66 crash that killed two police officers

Tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough who died after head-on collision with car travelling wrong way 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. Cole Robert Worthy, 16

A66 crash: two police among seven dead after chase in Middlesbrough  The Times

Two serving police officers and five members of the public were pronounced dead at the scene

A pursuit of the car containing five teens had been called off shortly before, the BBC understands.

The two police officers who were killed in last night's crash on the A66 were named shortly before we came on air.

Cleveland Police said two serving officers in the marked vehicle and five members of the public travelling in the Passat were pronounced dead at the scene at 3.39am

A66 crash: Two officers among seven dead following police vehicle crash horror  GB News

Two police officers among seven killed following police chase in Middlesbrough | ITV News  ITVX

Two serving Cleveland Police officers who were in a police vehicle and five members of the public who were in a Volkswagen Passat have lost their lives

Seven people, including two police officers, died in the crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough in the early hours of this morning, Cleveland Police said.

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Two UK police officers are among seven people killed in a two-vehicle collision near Middlesbrough in the early hours of this morning.