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John Jones

Video shows cars speeding and drifting around roundabout at mass gathering on Newport Road in Cardiff

Shocking video shows drivers who attended a mass gathering in a Cardiff car park speeding around a roundabout, narrowly missing other road users, before driving off.

More than 100 people and around 60 to 70 cars gathered near PC World at Newport Road Retail Park on Sunday evening, revving their engines and driving up and down along Newport Road.

Video footage from the gathering shows a large cluster of people standing beside cars outside Tops Tiles, before two cars are seen drifting around a roundabout on separate occasions, appearing to come close to hitting other vehicles, and then driving off down the road.

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A large group of people are seen in attendance at the roadside, while around 30 people are seen stood on the roundabout itself as cars come past.

The white car driving off down Newport Road (WalesOnline)
A large group watched as cars sped around the roundabout outside the retail park (WalesOnline)

One witness, who didn’t want to be named, said on Sunday: "I just drove past. There were well over 100 kids gathered there hanging around. It was pretty scary to be honest."

Another described a "sinister atmosphere", adding: "More than 100 young people have gathered in the car park of PC World and Tops Tiles on Newport Road.

"What appears to be a car meet, I've seen about 60 cars many of them modified, parked all over the car park and opposite. Young people between the ages of about 16 and 25 can be seen gathering around the main highway into Cardiff running across the busy six carriageway road.

"Cars are revving up and down the road as well as within the car parks. A few of the cars seem to be drag racing up and down the road. Several police cars have driven by but not stopped."

Another modified car was seen drifting around the roundabout as onlookers filmed and cheered (WalesOnline)
People gathered with their cars along Newport Road in Cardiff on Sunday evening (WalesOnline reporter)

The gathering comes after scenes of 'hostility' in May as police faced crowd of hundreds in another Cardiff car park. You can read about that, here.

South Wales Police has been approached for comment.

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