Three wrong-way driving incidents in week on Teesside roads
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 14:44 · Archive
Three vehicles have driven the wrong way on major A-roads in Teesside within a week in October, two months after a fatal crash in the same area. The incidents have prompted Cleveland Police to renew concerns about road safety in the region.
On 12 October at midnight, a vehicle made off from police on Cambridge Road in Middlesbrough, then drove the wrong way on the A66 towards Middlesbrough. Two days later, a Renault Megane driven by two 16-year-old boys made off from police just after midnight, collided with street furniture and drove the wrong way on the A66. One of the boys pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and disqualified driving at Teesside Magistrates' Court on 15 October and will be sentenced in November. The second was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and bailed. On 15 October, police responded to a report of a VW Passat driving erratically in Thornaby at around 1am; the car then drove dangerously against the traffic on the A19.
The incidents come two months after a collision in August in which two on-duty police officers and five young men died when a car hit their police vehicle while travelling the wrong way on the A66. Inquiries are ongoing into the first incident.
How it is being reported
- Three cars caught driving the wrong way down A66 months after fatal collisionCleveland Police have said that, two months on from the tragedy, they have dealt with three incidents in a week in the same area.Metro · 21 Oct, 14:31
- Three cars in four days caught going wrong way down A66 months after fatal crashCleveland Police said the car collided with street furniture and drove the wrong way on the A66The Independent · 20 Oct, 16:03
In this story: Cleveland Police · West Yorkshire Police · Middlesbrough · A66 · A19 · Teesside Magistrates' Court · Thornaby
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