A pair of police officers in a marked van who followed two teenage boys on an electric bike before it crashed killing them both in Cardiff have been served with gross misconduct notices, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.
Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, died in May shortly after they were captured on CCTV being followed by a police van. Their deaths sparked a night of rioting in the area.
In a statement, the police watchdog said: “As part of our investigation, we have served gross misconduct notices on two police officers, the driver and passenger in a marked police van, which was seen on CCTV footage driving behind the boys’ electric bike a short time prior to the fatal collision on May 22.
