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Story summary
- Cleveland Police received £2 million and 200 officers after a wrong-way crash involving a police car.
- A Volkswagen Passat carrying five young men drove the wrong way near Middlesbrough and collided with a marked police car.
- Police pursued the Passat for seven minutes, ending the chase ten seconds before the collision.
- Cleveland Police, facing England and Wales' highest crime rates and staffing decline, cite deprivation and unemployment as organised-crime drivers.
