Three bodies have been discovered by police who are looking for five young people who vanished following a night out in Cardiff.
Following what appears to be a car accident, two more people were transported to the hospital with significant injuries, according to Gwent Police.
Three ladies and two men went missing on Saturday morning after their distraught relatives had not heard from them since 2 a.m.
Although the exact time of the car crash is unknown, it was discovered early on Monday morning, two days after the group disappeared.
All five clubgoers had last been seen in Cardiff in the early hours of Saturday.
Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and Darcy Ross, 21, had travelled there from Porthcawl.
They had made the trip in a Volkswagen Tiguan with Rafel Jeanne, 24, and Shane Loughlin, 32, both from Cardiff.
Following a search, police said the VW Tiguan had been recovered just after midnight in the St Mellons area of Cardiff.
The force has not identified who has been found dead and alive after the car seemingly came off the A48.
None of the group had contacted their family or been active on social media since the night out, with loved ones saying they ‘knew something was wrong’.
Sophie’s mother Anna Certowicz, 42, claimed last night that police officers had told her to ‘stop ringing’ the station for updates.
She says they ‘just didn’t seem to think it was worth investigating’ and believes ‘they assumed that Sophie was hungover somewhere’.
Ms Certowicz drove around the Gwent and Cardiff areas last night in a desperate search for her daughter.
‘They didn’t seem to care. I had to drive to Cardiff to knock on doors myself because they were doing s*d all’, she told the Daily Mail.
‘I think they assumed that Sophie was hungover somewhere, but she’s a sensible girl who works in a bank and hasn’t taken a day off for three years.’
The terrified mum added that Sophie had known Eve and Darcy since childhood and they were ‘incredibly close’.
Meanwhile, Eve’s sister, Lauren Doyle, previously revealed that her sibling’s car was still outside the Muffler club where they went out, and that her mum had her keys and bank card.
‘We are all worried sick and thinking the worst’, she said.
Specialist officers are supporting the families of those involved and inquiries are ongoing.
The case has been referred to the IOPC in line with normal procedures.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police.