A Volkswagen Passat driving the wrong way on the A66 near Middlesbrough collided head-on with a marked armed response vehicle in the early hours of Saturday, killing two police officers and five young men instantly, Cleveland Police have confirmed.
The crash happened at 3.39am on the eastbound carriageway near South Bank, east of Middlesbrough. The officers were named as PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38. The force said all seven people involved in the collision died at the scene.
