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Five young people killed in wrong-way crash with police car in England are named

Two police officers also died in the collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on Saturday

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#1926
First seen
23 Aug 2026, 14:08 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 04:56 UTC
Version history
3 versions
Current fingerprint
47f08244cb87...7c4f63
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
23 Aug 2026, 14:55 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
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Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
Two police officers also died in the collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on Saturday
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  1. 3
    Revision observed

    Five young people killed in wrong-way crash with police car in England are named

    Two police officers also died in the collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on Saturday

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    Revision observed

    Five young people killed in wrong-way crash with police car in England are named

    Two police officers also died in the collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on Saturday

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    Initial capture

    Five young people killed in wrong-way crash with police car in England are named

    Two police officers also died in the collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on Saturday

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Death or self-harm observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
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Capture provenance

Capture ID
#1998
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 12:55 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
871,988 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt