Crash on A66 that killed two police officers and 5 others…

[bookworm1982]

Am I correct that the other victims were 5 lads travelling in one car the wrong way up the motorway? EXACTLY the same as the 5 Irish lads who died a few days ago travelling the wrong way up a motorway too? Surely not twice in a week? Is there some sort of mental social media thing going on, telling kids to drive up the wrong way? Like a dare? Just cannot believe it happened once, let alone twice. Just devastating.

My mum just told me about this. Wtf is wrong with people and this stupid bloody craze. I’m petrified to let my daughter drive at the best of times let alone these total utter idiots on the road to add to boot. I just can’t understand it. I can sense why people steal or burgle even - desperation or drugs but driving the wrong way along a road is just pure murder, there’s no other word for it. If you intentionally take a knife out you do so with the intent of something happening right? So why when you go out in a 2 tonne vehicle is it not classed as murder if this happens? It’s just pure unadulterated stupidity.

Earlier this year I was travelling on a nearby A road close to where this happened.

The turnoff was on an uphill bend and a car came zooming towards me around it travelling the wrong way! Both swerved and I just missed the curb.

Was a scary experience. Thank god I was going slow as it was dark and icy. A very close call.

What a horrific waste of life.

Anyone doing such an immature social media trend is absolute pondlife in my book. Running the risk of taking out innocent bystanders through their own stupid actions in the process is totally inexcusable. Some air heads simply don't consider this thought process.

If it is confirmed that it is linked to a stupid trend, then I hope the pondlife's families have the decency to not try to pin the blame upon the police pursuit and make a financial claim for damages.

Their kids are probably degenerates doing this shit thats why they're trying to pretend its no big deal !

Its just horrible...this is a member of my extended family. What a bloody waste of a bonny lad

Social media companies need to do better to quickly remove any criminal behaviour then it won’t be a thing.

Sorry I haven’t read through thread. I have read that this is a social media challenge. I saw it being discussed last week.

I do feel sorry for the children, because I realise just how fucked up their childhood is, what with the SM and peer pressure, and I would not be surprised if some of them were there because they felt they had to be seen to be as tough as their mates. I don’t know about the one driving and for those cheering him up. I feel that I ought to feel sorry for them as well, but it makes me angry.

Where were their parents in this fucking mess though?

And I feel desperately sorry for the two police officers who lost their life in this awful way.

You have no sympathy for the families of the young men in the Passat? How cold!!

Are you talking of one of the policemen?

Yes...

I am absolutely gutted that police officers died.

I read about the string of offences the boys in the Irish crash had. One of them had previously stolen a car and crashed into a motorcyclist causing life altering injuries and that didn’t deter him from continuing to drive like that.
So many people hear these stories and just seem to think it’s normal teenage behaviour. It’s really not.

I haven’t either.
Parenting no 1. Be a fucking parent & don’t let your kids run wild.
I do how ever feel huge compassion for the dead police officers, their families, the officers/paramedics & fireman who attended the scene and saw horrific things.
I’ve been upset all day for them.
But the 5 fucking idiots who are responsible for murdering two coppers-nope. Not a whisper of compassion for them or their families. This will hardly have been the first time the 5 of them did something ‘stupid’ FAFO.

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Whilst they may be posting on tik tok, the primary reason is that they are criminals and they know driving the wrong way up the motorway will mean that the police will cease any pursuit

I wonder is this a social media thing? DH and I had a narrow miss last week with two young men driving the wrong way (in two cars) down a one way street at speed.

Zero sympathy for the idiots that caused this and all the social media idiots who encourage it. Thick as shit the lot of them.

I’m so so sorry.
I’ve been crying all day. Can’t believe it.
if there is Go fund me for the officers families will you dm me please.

RIP to the police officers and sympathies to their families.

Excuse me?

Which bit didn’t you understand?
H2H.

We live in NE England and my DH is an HGV Class 1 driver. He regularly drives up and down the main roads (A1, M1, A19 etc) at night. He sees some crazy and very bad driving, but this latest craze is pure madness and so dangerous for every other road user. Every other driver must worry that they are going to come across someone driving like this, and every family member left at home, like myself, lives in constant fear of that knock on the door - for what????

Neither do I

I am so incredibly sorry @Gatekeeper , the most sincere condolences to you all and your family It's appalling