An officer investigating a horror crash which left three young people dead and two injured has been served a misconduct notice by the police watchdog. Eve Smith and Darcy Ross, both 21, died alongside Rafel Jeanne, 24, after the car they were travelling crashed off the A48 near St Mellons, Cardiff.
Sophie Russon, 20, and Shane Loughlin, 32, miraculously survived the crash despite officers taking almost two days to find them. Worried friends and family of the group had issued desperate appeals for help to find the five pals, who went missing after a night out in Newport.
The tragic smash is believed to have happened in the early hours of Saturday of March 4 with the vehicle found early on Monday, March 6. Both South Wales Police and Gwent Police referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over their handling of the case.
