Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(Sky News)Seventeen people have been arrested following a fatal collision in Middlesbrough linked to serious organised crime that killed five young men and two police officers. PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died when their police vehicle was hit by a VW Passat travelling the wrong way on the A66 dual carriageway. Reports indicate that the home of 17-year-old crash victim Cole Worthy's father was rammed by a car shortly before the teenager and four others set out in the Passat. Police had pursued the Passat for nearly seven minutes due to linked criminal activity, abandoning the chase ten seconds before the crash when it turned onto the dual carriageway. Two men have been charged with firearm and drug offences in connection with the wider investigation, while over £750,000 has been raised for the fallen officers' families. In fullFather of teenager who died in A66 crash that also killed police had house rammed beforehandMore 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

PC Matthew Blades, 38, and PC Tom Clough, 37, were among seven people killed in the crash on the A66 at Middlesbrough yesterday.

Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwo Cleveland Police officers, PC Tom Clough and PC Matthew Blades, were killed in a collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough. The crash…