Bike in Ely crash was birthday present for boy, 15

The electrical motorcycle ridden by 2 teenagers earlier they were killed successful a clang was an aboriginal 16th day present, household members person revealed.

The aunt of Harvey Evans, 15, said the teen loved e-bikes and scooters and the contiguous had been bought for his day adjacent month.

Harvey and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, died connected Monday evening successful Ely, Cardiff.

The deaths sparked a riot, with cars acceptable alight and constabulary officers attacked.

Speaking for this archetypal clip since the crash, Harvey's aunt Hayley Murphy told the BBC astatine the vigil: "It inactive doesn't look existent that we're present for Harvey and Kyrees.

"We're seeing each these quality articles, and past his representation pops up, and you're like, ohio yeah, that's my nephew, this has happened to us.

"This is our family, not idiosyncratic else's household you spot connected the telly - it conscionable doesn't look real, and it conscionable hasn't sunk successful yet."

Harvey's grandmother, Dawn Rees, said Harvey and Kyrees "did everything together, they loved each different similar brothers".

"[Kyrees] was lovely. If I needed beverage helium went to the store for me, ever asking if I needed anything. A beauteous boy."

The friends were killed successful a clang portion riding the electrical motorcycle soon aft 18:00 BST connected Monday. Police person said lone the motorcycle was progressive successful the fatal incident.

Ms Murphy said that Harvey loved motorbikes and was an experienced rider.

"His dada utilized to instrumentality him disconnected roadworthy biking up the mountains each week since helium was three-years-old."

She besides described however aggravated scenes began to make successful the aftermath of the crash, aft a video clip emerged showing constabulary pursuing the boys connected the bike.

She said she was stood with her sister, Harvey's mother, astatine the constabulary obstruction for implicit 2 hours portion begging officers to fto them cognize if the 2 boys were alive.

"We were stood astatine the obstruction and we were begging them, begging them, to archer america if they were live oregon dead, and they wouldn't archer america thing - and past idiosyncratic ran into the assemblage and said 'I've got a video of the constabulary chasing them', and that is what started it.

"That's what got everyone angry, truthful I recognize due to the fact that we wasn't getting nary answers."

Some residents claimed the boys were being chased by officers from South Wales Police, which the unit denied.

Police said officers were successful a van astir fractional a mile distant from the clang connected Snowden Road successful Ely.

The unit has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) implicit their engagement successful the incident.

News of the boys' deaths sparked a riot successful Ely, an property connected the occidental broadside of Cardiff astir 5 miles (8km) from the metropolis centre, wherever much than 100 radical threw missiles and fireworks astatine constabulary and damaged property.

Nine radical successful full person been arrested successful transportation with the upset aft the constabulary probe looked astatine much than 180 pieces of assemblage worn footage. Detectives person said much arrests are expected.