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Cars torched by yobs at twisted vigil for victim of A66 wrong-way crash
CARS have been torched at a twisted vigil for one of the joyriders killed in the A66 wrong-way crash just hours after police launched a crackdown.
TL;DR
- Five cars were torched during a vigil for Michael Robert Cahill, who died in a wrong-way crash on the A66.
- The vigil took place just hours after a police crackdown.
- Cahill and four others died in the crash after driving the wrong way down the dual carriageway and colliding with a police car, which also killed two officers.
- Videos showed cars being driven erratically and set on fire during the remembrance event.
- The event was part of a series of gatherings to remember victims of recent incidents, including one for Jakub Matusiak.
- The article mentions a larger police deployment in Middlesbrough due to rising crime and deaths.