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Who has been arrested or charged over the Middlesbrough A66 fatal crash?

Multiple people have been arrested and charged in connection with a wrong-way crash on the A66 which killed seven people, including two police officers.

A Volkswagen Passat with five young men hit an oncoming marked Cleveland Police vehicle on the dual carriageway near Middlesbrough at about 03:39 BST on Saturday 22 August.

Officers PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, died at the scene.

The occupants of the VW Passat, which was going the wrong way down the A66 at South Bank – Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jakub Matusiak, 23, Makai Saddington, 18, and 17-year-olds Theo Rae and Cole Robert Worthy – also died.

On the morning of the crash, Cleveland Police said it received several reports of two vehicles being driven dangerously around the town and a Volvo XC60 had been seen ramming properties.

The force has since charged the following people:

  • Kai Beattie, 19, of Foxrush Court, Redcar, charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

  • Cameron George, 26, of Micklow Close, Redcar, charged with possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and possession of criminal property. He is remanded in police custody.

  • Kai Inco, 21, of Alverton Green in Middlesbrough, charged with possession with intent to supply a class B drug. He was released on conditional bail.


BBC News

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