1 of 2 | Police Constable Tom Clough, 38, was killed early Saturday in a collision on A66 near Teesside, Britain. A total of seven people were killed in the two-vehicle crash. Photo courtesy Cleveland Police/Release
Aug. 25 (UPI) -- British authorities said a dozen people have been arrested in an investigation following a weekend crash that killed seven people, including two police officers.
Police in Cleveland, which serves the Teesside area of northeast England, announced the arrests Monday, identifying those detained as nine men and three women between the ages of 19 and 61.
They were detained on a range of offenses, including allegations of participating in organized crime, possession of an offensive weapon and drug-related crimes.
The suspects were detained over the weekend in a wide-scale investigation following a collision early Saturday involving a Volkswagen Passat and a police vehicle on the A66, resulting in the deaths of the five occupants of the Passat and two officers in the police vehicle.
