IEThe Irish Times
British police aborted pursuit of car seconds before fatal crash that killed seven
Police aborted chase and continued to travel on correct side of carriageway
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- #1951
- First seen
- 23 Aug 2026, 16:38 UTC
- Last checked
- 24 Aug 2026, 11:25 UTC
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 23 Aug 2026, 21:02 UTC
- Source updated
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Police aborted chase and continued to travel on correct side of carriageway
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British police aborted pursuit of car seconds before fatal crash that killed seven
Police aborted chase and continued to travel on correct side of carriageway
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British police aborted pursuit of car seconds before fatal crash that killed seven
Police aborted chase and continued to travel on correct side of carriageway
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British police aborted pursuit of car seconds before fatal crash that killed seven
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- #1750
- Observed
- 23 Aug 2026, 21:24 UTC
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- 857,269 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt