Father of A66 teen charged with funeral assault
Summary
The father of a teenager who died in a crash involving a police car has been charged with assault during his son's funeral. The crash, which happened on the A66 road, killed five young men and two police officers.Key Facts
- Gye Worthy, 39, was arrested at his son’s funeral for assault and obstructing police.
- His son, Cole Worthy, 17, died in a crash with a marked armed police car on the A66 in South Bank.
- The crash occurred on August 22 and involved a Volkswagen Passat traveling the wrong way.
- Two police officers, PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, were in the police car struck head-on.
- Cole Worthy was one of five men killed in the crash; the others were Michael Cahill (23), Jakub Matusiak (23), Makai Saddington (18), and Theo Rae (17).
- PC Matthew Blades’ funeral happened on the same day as Cole Worthy’s.
- The police officers were not pursuing the car but were responding to a signal caused by the car’s cloned license plates.
- A house linked to the Worthy family was hit by a car shortly before the crash.
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