Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMiddlesbrough and West Bromwich Albion players observe a minutes silence in memory of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough (PA)Football fans at Middlesbrough FC paid tribute with applause to Cleveland Police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough, who were killed in a head-on crash on the A66. The two constables and five other people died when a vehicle travelling the wrong way collided with them at South Bank last weekend. The King sent letters of condolence to the families of Pc Blades and Pc Clough following the fatal collision. Cleveland Police have arrested 24 people during a crackdown on alleged organised crime following a spate of recent incidents in the region. Detectives confirmed that a separate house fire in Middlesbrough which killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt is not linked to the A66 crash. In fullFootball fans pay moving tribute to two officers killed in A66 crashMore 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

PCs Matthew Blades, 37, and Tom Clough, 38, died alongside the five occupants of a VW Passat in the head-on smash in the early hours of Saturday morning.

PCs Matthew Blades, 37, and Tom Clough, 38, died alongside five occupants of a VW Passat in the head-on smash in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The King has also written to their families to express his condolences