Football Fans Honor 2 Cleveland Officers Killed in A66 Crash as 24 Arrested
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 29
Football Fans Honor 2 Cleveland Officers Killed in A66 Crash as 24 Arrested
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 29
Summary
Middlesbrough and West Brom players held a minute's silence before their Championship match, with images of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough shown on screen at Riverside Stadium.
The tribute followed the officers' deaths in a head-on A66 crash near Middlesbrough early on 22 August, when their police car collided with a vehicle travelling the wrong way.
Five people in the other car — a Passat — also died: Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jacob Matusiak, 23, Makai Saddington, 18, Theo Rae, 17, and Cole Robert Worthy, 17.
Hartlepool United also observed a two-minute silence on Friday, while Middlesbrough FC praised the officers' service and Cleveland Police's role in protecting the local community.
The crash investigation has widened, with 17 arrests made earlier this week, bringing the total number of arrests to 24.