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Two police officers among seven killed in wrong-way car crash

BBC News UK · 22 August 2026 at 18:51

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.

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