The life of one of the A66 joyriders was celebrated this evening with flares, fireworks and a cavalcade of masked bikers.What began as a balloon release to commemorate Jakub Matusiak, 23, became a rowdy mob of around 200 people who lit up the sky with rockets and orange smoke.A gang of around 20 masked youths on scooters, off-road bikes and quad bikes roared around a field in South Bank, near Middlesbrough, in honour of Matusiak, who himself had convictions for motoring offences.At just after 5pm hundreds of orange balloons - chosen because it was his favourite colour - were released into the sky amid cheers from the crowd, many of whom had masks and caps on.Footage shows dozens of flares being held aloft, filling the field with dense smoke, as bikes rev their engines and blare their horns in the background.One female attendee in her 20s was indignant at the tone of the coverage of the deaths of the five youths and young men responsible for the deaths of PC Tom Clough and PC Matthew Blades.She said: 'Jakub was a lovely, caring lad and he's somebody's son and somebody's brother, he's not some scumbag who should just be written off and forgotten.'It was an accident that those police officers died, they weren't trying to kill anyone and they lost their own lives but they've just been written off as if they don't matter. A group of bikers revved around the field and set off dozens of flares in memory of Matusiak Hundreds of people gathered in a field in South Bank, near Middlesbrough, for the memorial The event began as a simple balloon release, but became rowdier as fireworks and flares were set off Family and friends of Jakub Matusiak, 23, decided to gather on the South Bank Back Field for a balloon release today 'The number of people who have come out for Jakub today should show you that they do matter, they were loved and they will be missed.'The gathering took place on South Bank back field, only a few hundred yards from where the collision took place on the A66, ending seven lives.Cleveland Police attended but kept a low-key presence, a patrol car from the Matrix team - which the two constables worked in - was parked 500 yards away alongside a police van.Not all the residents of the surrounding streets chose to attend.Looking at the police officers standing beside their vehicles, a 58-year-old grandmother said: 'What must they be thinking right now? This is nothing but a mockery of the lives of those two policemen.'I've watched them walking down there drinking and smoking weed and razzing about on their motorbikes. There's nothing here to celebrate.'The nearby St John the Evangelist Church opened its doors for people from the community to pay their respects, but was largely untroubled by visitors on their way to the field.However, Redcar’s Labour MP Anna Turley attended to pay her respects. At the same time, another balloon release will be held in Middlesbrough for Cole Worthy, 17, another of those killed