Police line streets for funeral of PC Matthew Blades killed in A66 crash
Hundreds of officers lined the route as tributes honored the father-of-two and the force raised more than £1.2 million for his family.
- On Wednesday, September 9, hundreds of police officers lined Hutton Avenue in Hartlepool for the ceremonial funeral of PC Matthew Blades at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, with mourners gathering to honor the 37-year-old armed response officer.
- Blades and PC Tom Clough died on August 22 when their marked armed response vehicle collided head-on with a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way on the A66 near South Bank, killing all five occupants of the Passat.
- A public appeal organized by the Cleveland Police Federation raised over £1.2 million for the officers' families, with messages of support arriving from Australia, France, and America, demonstrating the global reach of the outpouring.
- Today, Thursday, September 10, colleagues gather in Redcar, Teesside, for PC Clough's funeral, following the widespread mourning and tributes paid to the fallen officers throughout the region.
- Separately, Cleveland Police arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of assault after a disturbance disrupted the funeral service for 17-year-old Cole Worthy at Teesside Crematorium on Wednesday, September 9.
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Hundreds of police line streets for funeral of officer killed in 'gang-fuelled' A66 crash
Hundreds of police officers were seen lining the streets on Wednesday for the funeral of a colleague killed in August's horror collision on the A66.Standard bearers represented every force in the UK at the service for PC Matthew Blades, 37, at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in his home town of Hartlepool.He was killed alongside his colleague PC Tom Clough, 38, in what is thought to have been a gang rivalry-fuelled crash near Middlesbrough - i…
PC Matthew Blades' Badge Number Worn at Funeral as Every UK Force Sent a Final Salute
Hundreds of police officers from across the UK lined a Hartlepool street on Wednesday for the funeral of PC Matthew Blades, the 37-year-old officer killed in a wrong-way crash on the A66 last month. PC Blades and his colleague, 38-year-old PC Tom Clough, died on 22 August when their marked armed response vehicle collided head-on with a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way near South Bank, close to Middlesbrough. The Independent Office for …
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