A vigil has been held to remember the three people who were killed in a car crash in Cardiff at the weekend.
The group had been to a social club in Maesglas, Newport, on Friday night and were thought to have then travelled 40 miles to the Trecco Bay area of Porthcawl.South Wales Police and Gwent Police said in a joint statement that the collision occurred"during the early hours" of Saturday morning, with the exact time yet to be confirmed by the investigation.The first missing person report was made to Gwent Police at 7.34pm on Saturday, with further missing person reports made at 7.
Police say at 11.50pm a police helicopter was requested to search an area of Cardiff which resulted in a vehicle being located in a wooded area off of the A48.Monday 6 March Friends of the five claim they found the vehicle before officers - while police insist it was located by a helicopter.in a wooded area along the A48 just after midnight.Matthew Pace, 45, and his son Lewis, 26 said that police arrived"about a minute" after he and Lewis had pulled up by the side of the road after noticing"tyre marks" near the wooded area.
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