Police officers Matthew Blades and Tom Clough, who died in a crash on the A66 on 22 August, are being remembered as their sons attend a Manchester United fixture as match mascots.
The officers, aged 37 and 38, died after a Volkswagen Passat was travelling on the wrong side of a dual carriageway. The collision also involves five young occupants in the vehicle. Reports state that Blades and Clough’s sons walk out with the Manchester United team ahead of the match against Ipswich Town.
Both accounts describe the same central facts about the crash and the involvement of the officers’ families at the football event. While the two outlets phrase the story differently, they focus on the same themes: the deaths of the officers and the decision for the sons to represent their families at a public sporting occasion.
