Police pursuit aborted seconds before fatal crash, says watchdog
Two officers who died were not involved in the pursuit but had been called to help search for the car, the police watchdog says.
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Two officers who died were not involved in the pursuit but had been called to help search for the car, the police watchdog says.
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Police pursuit aborted seconds before fatal crash, says watchdog
Two officers who died were not involved in the pursuit but had been called to help search for the car, the police watchdog says.
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Police pursuit aborted seconds before fatal crash, says watchdog
Two officers who died were not involved in the pursuit but had been called to help search for the car, the police watchdog says.
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Police pursuit aborted seconds before fatal crash seven, says watchdog
Two officers who died were not involved in the pursuit but had been called to help search for the car, the police watchdog says.
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Police pursuit aborted seconds before crash killed seven, says IOPC
Two officers who died were not involved in the pursuit but had been called to help search for the car, the police watchdog says.
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Police pursuit aborted seconds before wrong-way crash killed seven, IOPC says
Two officers who died were not involved in the pursuit but had been called to help search for the car, the police watchdog says.
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Pursuit 'abandoned' seconds before crash killed seven
Officers had been pursing a car before it went the wrong way down a dual carriageway.
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Five people killed in wrong-way crash with PCs named
Investigators confirm a pursuit was "abandoned" seconds before the car hit and killed two officers.
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Five people killed in wrong-way crash with PCs named
Police name five people, aged 17-23, who were killed in the A66 crash alongside two police officers.
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Five people killed in wrong-way crash with PCs named
Police name five people, aged 17-23, who were killed in the A66 crash alongside two police officers.
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Five people killed in wrong-way crash with PCs named
Police name five people, aged 16-23, who were killed in the A66 crash alongside two police officers.
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Tributes paid to PCs among seven dead in wrong-way crash
PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and five young people were killed when a car drove the wrong way on the A66 and struck the police vehicle.
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Tributes paid to PCs among seven dead in wrong-way crash
PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and five young people were killed when a car drove the wrong way on the A66 and struck the police vehicle.
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Police officers killed in wrong-way crash mourned in 'unimaginable loss'
PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and five young people were killed when a car drove the wrong way on the A66 and struck the police vehicle.
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Police officers killed in wrong-way crash mourned in 'unimaginable loss'
PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and five young people were killed when a car drove the wrong way on the A66 and struck the police vehicle.
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Police officers killed in wrong-way crash mourned in 'unimaginable loss'
PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and five young people were killed when a car drove the wrong way on the A66 and struck the police vehicle.
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