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Twelve people arrested after A66 crash that killed seven including two police officers

Nine men and three women aged between 19 and 61 arrested as part of investigation into events leading to deadly collision Twelve people have been arrested on suspicion of offences including being involved with organised crime as part of the investigation into events leading to a crash on the A66 that killed two police officers and five others. Cleveland police confirmed that nine men and three women were detained by

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The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 17:51 UTC
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No update timestamp supplied
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Raphael Boyd, Hannah Al-Othman and Robert Booth
Section
UK news
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Nine men and three women aged between 19 and 61 arrested as part of investigation into events leading to deadly collision Twelve people have been arrested on suspicion of offences including being involved with organised crime as part of the investigation into events leading to a crash on the A66 that killed two police officers and five others. Cleveland police confirmed that nine men and three women were detained by
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    Nine men and three women aged between 19 and 61 arrested as part of investigation of events leading to deadly collision Nine men and three women, aged between 19 and 61, have been arrested by officers investigating events leading to a crash on the A66 in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough and five other people died, Cleveland police said. Some of those arrested as part of the investigation are suspected of “pa

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