Vehicles set on fire at vigil for A66 crash victim Michael Cahill
- Vehicles were set on fire and flares released during a vigil in County Durham for 23-year-old Michael Cahill, one of seven people killed in a head-on crash on the A66.
- Two Cleveland Police officers and five young men died in Saturday’s collision, which occurred following a police pursuit in Teesside.
- Police have arrested 17 people as part of wider investigations into alleged organised crime linked to the fatal crash.
- More than 200 additional police officers have been deployed to the area following further violent incidents, including a fatal house fire and a stabbing.
- Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the house fire that killed a 34-year-old woman and her seven-year-old niece.
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