Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died
Emotional tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong way Cleveland police have published photographs of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who died when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66 crashed head-on into their police vehicle. Two 17-year-old boys were among the seven people who were killed in the incident on Teesside. Continue rea
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- The Guardian
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- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 23 Aug 2026, 19:55 UTC
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- Byline
- Mark Brown North of England correspondent
- Section
- North Yorkshire
Emotional tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong way Cleveland police have published photographs of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who died when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66 crashed head-on into their police vehicle. Two 17-year-old boys were among the seven people who were killed in the incident on Teesside. Continue rea
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Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died
Emotional tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong way Cleveland police have published photographs of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who died when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66 crashed head-on into their police vehicle. Two 17-year-old boys were among the seven people who were killed in the incident on Teesside. Continue rea
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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 Two 17-year-old boys were among 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, 17, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael Robert Cahill and Jacob Matusiak d
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