Four arrested after quad bike deaths on Cardiff railway

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Four people have been arrested after two men believed to be fleeing the scene of a burglary were killed when a quad bike was hit by a train. The men, three in their 20s and one 34, were arrested following a £40,000 raid at an outdoor pursuits store on Newport Road, Cardiff, on Wednesday. Two other men believed to be making their getaway were killed when the quad bike was struck on tracks at Rumney. They have been named as Trevor Davies, 20, and David Cooper, 24, of Rumney. Officers believe the arrested men may be connected to the incident. Trevor Davies, 20, was one of the two men who died South Wales Police said they were being detained at Cardiff Bay police station. Officers have confirmed that one quad bike was stolen. The other quad bike remains unidentified. Two hundred men's specialist outdoor jackets were stolen from the Go Outdoors store. Officers were called to the site in the early hours of Wednesday at around the time the men were hit on tracks nearby. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. British Transport Police said the quad bikers had been travelling east towards Newport when they were struck from behind. It is believed the train that hit them was travelling at around 70mph. The passenger train involved was not carrying members of the public at the time. It had left Cardiff en route to Cheltenham for servicing. Normally no passenger trains would be on the line that early in the morning. Chief Inspector Sandra England said two men were pronounced dead at the scene, close to New Road in Rumney. "We also believe that there appears to be two people who have actually run from the scene at the time that the two men lost their lives," she added. A large bag of clothing was recovered from the trackside "If anybody has got any information on that, can they please come forward and tell us." The raiders cut through a fence by the railway and used quad bikes to ram through doors to enter the property. Paul Caplan, of Go Outdoors, said: "They had some big polythene bags that they then filled with these jackets and then they went out of the store again and disappeared across the tent field and went out on the railway line again." The fatal crash happened about 15 minutes after the raid. Anyone with information has been asked to contact officers on 0800 40 50 40.



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