Great deal of public distress over police handling of Cardiff car crash in which three people died, Plaid Cymru politician says
There is a great deal of public distress over the police handling of a car crash in which three people died, a Plaid Cymru politician has said.which had come off a major road early on Saturday morning. They had been reported missing almost two days earlier.
Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, died in the collision after the crash on the A48 after a night out in Newport.Ms Russon's mother Anna Certowicz has said police "Raising the matter in the Welsh Parliament on Wednesday, the South Wales East Member of the Senedd said: "There's been a great deal of public distress following the crash".
He quoted comments on BBC Wales by Winston Roddick, the former Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, on the police response. Mr Griffiths asked what input the Welsh government could have into improving police prioritising processes for missing persons to "ensure incidents like this can be avoided in the future".Social Justice Minister Jane Hutt said both Gwent and South Wales Police had referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, who would "look at exactly what happened".
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