Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwo Cleveland Police officers, PCs Tom Clough, 38, and Matthew Blades, 37, have been killed in a head-on collision on the A66 in Teesside while in the line of duty. The collision occurred when their vehicle was struck by a Volkswagen Passat travelling on the wrong side of the road, killing all five occupants of the car and bringing the total death toll to seven. The Independent Office for Police Conduct confirmed police had abandoned a seven-minute pursuit of the Passat 10 seconds before the crash when it drove onto the wrong side of the carriageway. Moving tributes have been paid by the officers' families, who described them as heroes, as a public fundraiser to support their families reached over £230,000. The police watchdog has launched an investigation into the tragic crash, gathering initial statements from officers involved, in-car footage, and incident logs. In fullA66 crash: Families describe ‘pain beyond words’ in tributes to police officers killed in Middlesbrough collisionMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Families pay emotional tribute to police officers killed in A66 crash
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwo Cleveland Police officers, PCs Tom Clough, 38, and Matthew Blades, 37, have been killed in a head-on collision on the A66 in Teesside while in the line of duty. The collision occurred when their vehicle was struck by a Volkswagen Passat travelling on the wrong side of the road, killing all five occupants of the car and bringing the total death toll to seven. The Independent Office for Police Conduct confirmed police had abandoned a seven-minute pursuit of the Passat 10 seconds before the crash when it drove onto the wrong side of the carriageway. Moving tributes have been paid by the officers' families, who described them as heroes, as a public fundraiser to support their families reached over £230,000. The police watchdog has launched an investigation into the tragic crash, gathering initial statements from officers involved, in-car footage, and incident logs. In fullA66 crash: Families describe ‘pain beyond words’ in tributes to police officers killed in Middlesbrough collisionMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
