Coedely crash: Six were in car that crashed killing three

Morgan Smith, Jesse Owen, and Callum Griffiths all died at the scene

Six people were travelling in the car that crashed with a bus, killing three teenagers, an inquest opening heard.

Jesse Owen, 18, is thought to have been driving the Audi A1, which is classed as a supermini and holds four or five people.

He died of blunt injuries at the scene of the collision in Coedely, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 11 December.

Callum Griffiths, 19, and Morgan Smith, 18, also died as a result of a blunt injuries, the Pontypridd inquest heard.

The emergency services were called to the scene at 19:00 GMT and all three men died minutes apart about an hour later.

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Mr Griffiths, from Porth, died from blunt head injury at 20:00 while Mr Smith, from Clydach Vale, Tonypandy, died at 20:09 from blunt injury to the face and neck.

Mr Owen, from Penygraig, died of blunt injury to the head and chest at 20:19.

The crash happened on Elwyn Street, Coedely

Two other people, Lucas Vaughan, 18, and a 19-year-old were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Coroner Graeme Hughes said because of the "complex" police investigation, the inquests would be adjourned but no date has been fixed.

He said he hoped to be updated on the investigation by the spring, adding that the inquests would be heard together.