Police remain at scene of fatal crash in Cardiff where riots broke out

The two teenagers who died in a crash that sparked riots in Ely have been named locally. Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and 15-year-old Harvey Evans were killed while riding an electric bike.

Police had been called to Snowden Road in Ely around 6pm on Monday night. Hundreds of people gathered in the area and tensions rose to breaking point.

There had been rumours of a police chase, but South Wales Police said the collision had occurred before they arrived on the scene, and the Independent Office for Police Conduct has not received a referral. See all our live coverage of the aftermath of the riot here

A growing number of tributes have been left at the scene of the crash that happened on Monday night. Friends of the two boys, who were from the Ely area, said they were riding a Sur-Ron electric bike without helmets when they died They said their families were desperate for further information from the police about what happened.

Bridy Bool, who lives nearby, said she knew the family of Harvey Evans and his mother wanted to know which hospital her son had been taken to.

“The police are not telling her where her boy is – she has been waiting all night and morning,” she said.