{
  "id": 10722867,
  "title": "'Tactical contact' not used by police before head-on A66 crash that killed seven, watchdog says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/tactical-contact-not-used-by-police-before-head-on-a66-crash-that",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sky News",
    "slug": "sky-news",
    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/tactical-contact-not-used-by-police-before-head-on-a66-crash-that-killed-seven-watchdog-says-13592080"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 'stinger' and 'tactical contact' were not used by police moments before seven men were killed, including two officers, by a vehicle driven the wrong way down a motorway, a watchdog found.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}