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Police Watchdog Reviewing Middlesbrough Crash After Car Failed to Stop

The IOPC will assess the case after receiving a referral from Cleveland Police.

Overview

  • A 35-year-old man remains in hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries after a one-vehicle collision off Cargo Fleet Lane early on August 28.
  • Cleveland Police say officers briefly pursued a car on the A66 that failed to stop before losing sight of it, later locating it via CCTV at a Lidl car park.
  • The vehicle is believed to have struck street furniture and a building, with Cleveland Fire Brigade extricating an occupant at the scene.
  • The North East Ambulance Service took one patient to James Cook University Hospital after dispatching an ambulance crew and a specialist paramedic.
  • Cargo Fleet Lane was closed between Longlands Road and Sotherby Road and Lidl was shut for much of the morning before both reopened as inquiries continue.