# Seven dead in UK after wrong-way vehicle hits police car

https://mins.news/en/item/29288

- Reuters, 2026-08-22 13:45 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/multiple-deaths-after-uk-police-car-crash-police-say-2026-08-22/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a89a7eaf7c24d00010fb1da

> Seven people, including two police officers, were killed in a crash in northeast England on Saturday when a vehicle travelling the wrong way along a major road struck a marked police car, according to local police.

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