Hundreds Attend PC Tom Clough's Funeral After 7 Died in A66 Crash
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 10
Hundreds Attend PC Tom Clough's Funeral After 7 Died in A66 Crash
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 10
Summary
Hundreds of police officers, emergency workers, army veterans and members of the public gathered in Redcar for PC Tom Clough's funeral, with a mounted unit, lone piper and ceremonial escort accompanying his Union Flag-draped coffin.
Clough, 38, was killed on duty on 22 August near Middlesbrough when a Volkswagen Passat hit the marked police car carrying him and colleague PC Matthew Blades; all five young men in the Passat also died.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct said officers had been pursuing the Passat after cloned plates triggered an ANPR camera, but Clough and Blades were not involved in that pursuit seconds before the collision.
Cleveland Police Federation said Clough's family drew strength from public support, while a fundraiser for both officers' families has raised more than £1.2 million.
The service followed Thursday's larger public funeral for Blades and underscored Clough's wider ties as a former British Army lance corporal, Civil Nuclear Constabulary officer and armed response officer with Cleveland Police.