Masked Youths Set Off Flares at Memorial for A66 Crash Victim

Hordes of balaclava-clad youths light flares for dead A66 'joyriders' in chaotic vigil while mourners pray silently for two PCs

Hordes of balaclava-clad youths lit flares and set off balloons in a "vigil" for the dead A66 "joyriders" - just as mourners silently prayed for the two PCs killed in the same crash.Seven people died in the collision after a Volkswagen Passat drove the wrong way down the busy A-road near Middlesbrough.PC Matthew Blades, 38 and PC Tom Clough, 37, were killed in the head-on collision.On Monday, around 200 people descended on a field in South Bank,…

Masked youths fly balloons for joyrider killed in wrong-way crash

Flares are also set off in tribute to Jakub Matusiak, who was among seven dead in A66 collision

Masked motorcyclists fire flares at memorial for A66 joyrider

Masked bikers set off flares at memorial gathering for Jakub Matusiak, 23, one of five men killed in car going wrong way on A66 that killed two police officers.

Masked youths set off flares at memorial for A66 crash victim

A number of people wearing face coverings were photographed setting off coloured flares at a gathering in Middlesbrough

Masked youths launch flares as balloon release for joyrider is dubbed 'mockery'

Hundreds of people gathered at South Bank field in Middlesborough to commemorate the death of one of the five joyriders who died in the horror A66 crash over the weekend

Demands to stop balloon releases for A66 joyriders who killed two cops

EXCLUSIVE: A campaign group urged its supporters to 'bombard' Middlesbrough Council over the plans.