{
  "id": 2613493,
  "title": "12 people died in separate road crashes across England, Ireland within less than a week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/12-people-died-in-separate-road-crashes-across-england-ireland-within",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T17:21:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1542276/12-people-died-in-separate-road-crashes-across-england-ireland-within-less-than-a-week/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Twelve people died in separate road crashes in England and Ireland within less than a week. The accidents involved vehicles travelling on the wrong side of major roads. According to the Daily Times, authorities are concerned about reckless driving linked to social media trends.\n\nSeven people, including two police officers, died in a crash on the A66 road in northeastern England. The collision followed a pursuit of a suspicious vehicle which ended up being driven the wrong way and colliding with a police car. The Associated Press reported that a Volkswagen Passat carrying five members of the public was travelling the wrong way down the A66 highway near Middlesbrough and collided with a police vehicle.\n\nIn Ireland, five teenagers died in a fatal crash on the M9 motorway west of Dublin. Their car had been travelling the wrong way when it collided head-on with another vehicle, leaving four people in the second car, including a child, seriously injured, as reported by Dawn. Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin and police chief Justin Kelly condemned the reckless behaviour.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "7 people, including 2 police officers, die following a head-on collision in northeast England",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/7-people-including-2-police-officers-die-following-a-head-on-2587382",
        "published": "2026-08-22T13:36:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "7 people, including 2 police officers, die following a head-on collision in northeast England",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/7-people-including-2-police-officers-die-following-a-head-on",
        "published": "2026-08-22T13:53:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}