Makai Saddington, 18, one of the five men in the VW Passat that hurtled the wrong way down the A66, was accused of assaulting one sergeant and causing racially aggravated alarm or distress to another.

Casualties of the A66 crash in Middlesbrough have been named locally as Michael Ray, Theo Rae, Cole Worthy, Jakub Matusiak and Makai Saddington.

A Volkswagen Passat occupied by five people was driven on the wrong side of the A66 near Middlesbrough and crashed into a police car yesterday, killing two officers as well as the…