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A66 crash LIVE: Families pay tribute to hero police officers Tom Clough and Matthew Blades
Seven people, including two police officers, have died at the scene of A66 at South Bank following a pursuit of a 'suspicious vehicle'
GoFundMe for families of police officers killed in A66 crash reaches £100,000 in just hours
The fundraising page organised by the Cleveland Police Federation has had over 4,100 donations so far
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Floral tributes laid at scene of A66 crash where seven people were tragically killed
Cleveland Police officers PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough were among the seven who lost their lives after the crash in South Bank