A road closure will be put in place this evening ahead of a vigil to mark the lives of three people who died after a car crash on the A48. Cardiff Council announced on social media that the A48 eastbound off slip to Cypress Drive roundabout will be closed from 6pm on Tuesday, March 7. You can follow our live updates ahead of the vigil here.
The council said that the road will not re-open again until it is safe to do so. Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, died after the car they were in crashed off the A48 near St Mellons in Cardiff.
Two others who were also in the car, Shane Loughlin, 32, and Sophie Russon, 20, remain in a critical condition at the University Hospital of Wales. The five people in the vehicle, a Volkswagen Tiguan, were last seen in the Llanedeyrn area of Cardiff at 2am on Saturday. The car wasn't found until just after midnight on Monday.
