UK police arrest 12 after deadly wrong-way crash that killed 7

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Twelve people have been arrested in northeast England following a fatal wrong-way crash that killed five youths and two police officers. The incident occurred on Saturday when officers were pursuing two cars with cloned license plates. While officials have warned of a trend for young people to perform dangerous driving stunts for social media, police have denied any link between this specific collision and filming for TikTok, stating there is no evidence to support such a connection. The arrests were made on suspicion of involvement in an organized crime group and weapon possession. This tragedy follows a similar incident in Ireland days earlier where five teenagers died in a wrong-way car crash.

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The 12 arrested individuals are suspected of involvement in an organized crime group and weapon possession.

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Officers were chasing two cars with cloned plates when the accident occurred.

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Police denied the collision was linked to filming for TikTok.

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The crash killed five youths and two police officers.

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British police arrested 12 people after a police pursuit led to a wrong-way crash, killing seven people.

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British police have arrested 12 people after a car pursued by police crashed while driving the wrong way on a major road, killing five youths and two officers.The deaths on Saturday came as officials warned of a trend for young people to carry out dangerous driving stunts to post on social media. However, police on Monday denied the collision was linked to filming for the TikTok online platform.Police in the Cleveland area of northeast England said there was “no evidence to indicate that filming of the activities on Friday night and Saturday morning has taken place for the purposes of TikTok”.The force revealed that officers were chasing two cars with cloned plates when the deadly accident occurred. It added that 12 had since been arrested on suspicion of taking part in an organised crime group and weapon possession.The crash came days after five teenagers were killed in Ireland while their car drove the wrong way on a motorway.Irish police chief Justin Kelly said that “what makes this reckless behaviour even more appalling is that in some cases it is being done for social media”.A police officer leaves flowers at the Cleveland Police HQ Memorial Garden in Middlesbrough on Monday, after two officers were killed when a car pursued by police crashed while driving the wrong way on a major road. Photo: dpa

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