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The mother of Sophie Russon who survived the tragic car crash in Cardiff which killed three others alleges that police told her to 'stop calling'.

Both South Wales Police and neighbouring force Gwent Police said they have referred themselves to the IOPC after it took officers 46 hours to find the wreckage in Cardiff - and inspectors are tackling the case as a matter of urgency

Sophie Russon, 20, remains in a critical condition in hospital after suffering a bleed on the brain and fractures to her neck, spine, and face in the crash, which killed three others

"They didn't take it seriously, they kept saying she's 20 and they are all probably out partying"

Sophie Russon, 20, lay ‘scared’ and injured while police dragged their heels over their search, says her mum

A mum who was out frantically looking for her daughter claims police 'didn't take her seriously' — she was later found seriously injured in a car in which three people had died

Two people are hospitalised in a serious condition

"I drove past her three times. She was 20 yards away lying there scared next to her friends who were dead"

Anna Certowicz has told how she desperately drove around South Wales searching for her daughter, Sophie Russon, after police allegedly told her to "stop calling"

The bodies of Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, were pulled from the wreckage of the Volkswagen Tiguan in St Mellons, Cardiff on Monday morning – almost 48 hours after they were last seen

Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and Darcy Ross, 21, were last seen in the early hours of Saturday, alongside Rafel Jeanne, 24, and Shane Loughlin, 32; both from Cardiff