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Truck Driver Released Under Investigation After A66 Fatality as Police Step Up Appeals in Two North East Crashes

Police are concentrating on public evidence to piece together both crashes.

Overview

  • Durham Constabulary said the 29-year-old truck driver arrested after the February 2 A66 collision near Boldron has been released under investigation.
  • The BMW driver, a woman in her 50s, was pronounced dead at the A66 scene, and collision investigators examined the westbound carriageway before it reopened.
  • Officers continue to seek witnesses and dashcam footage relating to the A66 crash and thanked members of the public who stopped to help at the scene.
  • Northumbria Police issued a renewed appeal on February 3 over a January 28 single-vehicle A1 crash at Highfields Roundabout that killed a woman in her 40s.
  • The A1 driver, a man in his 40s, remains in a critical but stable condition as investigators request footage from drivers who traveled between Dundee and Northumberland from about 2pm to 8.40pm that day.