Twelve people have been arrested as police investigate the events leading up to a fatal crash on the A66 in which seven people died, including two officers.
The arrests involve nine men and three women and form part of an investigation into the circumstances before the collision. The case is being examined in connection with organised crime, according to the supplied information.
The crash has been described as having killed seven people in total. Among those who died were two officers, making the incident a major fatal collision as well as the subject of a wider police inquiry.
Police are investigating the lead-up to the crash, with the arrests indicating that officers are examining whether criminal activity may have been linked to events before the collision.
No further details have been supplied about the identities of those arrested, the precise location on the A66, the date of the crash, or the specific offences under investigation.
The latest known position is that nine men and three women have been arrested while police continue their investigation into what happened before the fatal crash.
