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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Clara Margotin

Police officers who died in A66 crash hailed as ‘heroes’

  • Two Cleveland Police officers, PC Tom Clough and PC Matthew Blades, were killed in a collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough.
  • The crash occurred when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down a dual carriageway struck their marked armed response vehicle.
  • All five occupants of the Volkswagen Passat were also killed, bringing the total death toll from the incident to seven.
  • PC Clough and PC Blades have been remembered as “heroes” who “put everything on the line to protect us”.
  • The Police Service of Northern Ireland said: “The loss of two dedicated officers in the line of duty is felt profoundly across the entire policing family.”

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