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Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash

· The Guardian

Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash

A minister has pressed social media companies to remove content from their platforms showcasing dangerous driving after a fatal collision that killed seven people in Middlesbrough.

The crash in the early hours of Saturday, in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died, occurred when a Volkswagen Passat, containing five individuals aged between 23 and 17, crashed head-on with a marked armed response vehicle while driving the wrong way on the A66.

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