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Police Officers Died from Head and Neck Injuries as Car Was Struck in A66 Crash
Two police officers died from head and neck injuries after their marked vehicle was hit by a car going the wrong way down a dual carriageway, an inquest opening has heard.
TL;DR
- Two police officers, Pc Matthew Blades and Pc Tom Clough, died in a head-on collision.
- The collision occurred on the A66 near Middlesbrough when a car traveling the wrong way hit their marked vehicle.
- Both officers sustained head and neck injuries.
- Inquests into their deaths have been opened and adjourned.
- The occupants of the other vehicle, identified as Cole Worthy, Theo Rae, Makai Saddington, Michael Robert Cahill, and Jacob Matusiak, also died at the scene.
- A police pursuit of the Volkswagen Passat had been aborted before the collision.