Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of Ely this week as nearly 400 motorbikes form a procession for the joint funeral of Kyrees Sullivan and Harvey Evans who died in May in a bike crash. The deaths of the boys aged 16 and 15 sparked riots in the Cardiff suburb.
The local council will be in charge of closing the roads around the Church of the Resurrection for the service for the two young best friends at 1pm on Thursday (July 6). A statement from the Diocese of Llandaff said that because Kyrees and Harvey had been so close since nursery, the families felt it right that they also be buried together in the same grave.
The boys’ friendship group have paid tribute to the pair by organising two limousines, four hearses and eight Rolls Royce cars along with between 200 and 400 motorbikes for the procession. Local schools will be closing on the afternoon of the funeral due to the magnitude of people and traffic on the roads.
