What changed in this update
A car was travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough before it struck a police vehicle heading in opposite direction.
Event intelligence
North Yorkshire A66 wrong-way crash deaths
2 connected story threads
Current state
Manchester United paid tribute to PC Matthew Blades, one of two police officers killed with five young people in the A66 wrong-way crash, and his widow and two children were due to attend the club's Premier League match against Ipswich at Old Trafford.
Grounded in 4 reports across 3 sources
In this event Man Utd pay tribute to 'proud Red' crash death officer
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Source reports
BBC News – UK BBC
Police officers killed in wrong-way crash mourned in 'unimaginable loss'
Guardian
Two police officers killed in North Yorkshire crash named
Watchdog launches inquiry into collision in which seven people died involving police car and another vehicle Two police officers who died in a car crash near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday have been named. Police constables Matthew Blades and Tom Clough were among seven people killed after their marked police car collided with a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way along the A66 in North Yorkshir…
BBC News – UK BBC
Two police officers among seven killed in wrong-way car crash
A car was travelling the wrong way down the A66 near Middlesbrough before it struck a police vehicle heading in opposite direction.