Pupils in Middlesbrough sent home early for funerals of A66 crash victims

Five men were killed after going the wrong way on the A66 and hitting a police car (Picture: PA/Facebook)

Several different schools in Middlesbrough will close early for the funeral of one of the seven men who died in the A66 crash.

Theo Rae, 17, was among five people travelling in a Volkswagen Passat which went the wrong way along the A66 near Middlesbrough in the early hours of August 22.

The car collided with a Cleveland Police vehicle, killing Rae and the other four occupants, as well as police officers PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38.

Rae’s funeral will take place at Teesside Crematorium in Acklam on Monday afternoon, with the procession expected to travel through parts of Middlesbrough before arr...