Security footage links brief police chase to deadly A66 crash near Middlesbrough
TL;DR
Security camera video shows police vehicles pursuing a car minutes before a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way on the A66 collided with a marked police vehicle near Middlesbrough, killing seven people including two officers. The chase appears to have been abandoned, and the crash involved a police car that was not part of the pursuit.
- Video appears to show police chase minutes before fatal crash BBC
- Two police officers killed in North Yorkshire crash named as Matthew Blades and Tom Clough The Guardian
- Police chief gives emotional update after A66 crash kills seven, including two officers Yahoo
- Middlesbrough crash: two police among seven dead after ‘wrong way’ chase The Times
- A66 crash latest: Two police officers killed in deadly crash named and five others identified Sky News
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