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Two Officers Taken to Hospital After Police Van Crash on A66 in Middlesbrough

Emergency crews treated three people ahead of a reopening shortly after 3pm.

Overview

  • The collision happened just after 12:15pm on the A66 westbound at the Cargo Fleet Lane/Middlesbrough Road roundabout.
  • Cleveland Police said a marked police van collided with a panel van towing a trailer.
  • North East Ambulance Service treated three patients at the scene, with one self-presenting with minor injuries and two taken to hospital.
  • The westbound carriageway was closed with a diversion along Middlesbrough Road and was reported reopened shortly after 3pm.
  • Two ambulance crews, a clinical team leader, Cleveland Police and Cleveland Fire Brigade attended, and images showed heavy front-end damage to the police van.