00:00 Shortly after 3pm on the afternoon of Monday 20th November, North Wales Police received reports of
00:06 four missing young males from the Shrewsbury area. It is believed that they had travelled
00:11 to Harlech on Saturday 18th with plans to camp in the Yeruri area on Sunday.
00:16 A large search was undertaken overnight and that continued into this morning.
00:21 Shortly after 10am this morning a member of the public contacted us reporting a vehicle
00:26 having left the road between Bedgelert and Llanfrothen. Police officers attended and
00:32 located a Ford Fiesta vehicle upside down partially submerged in water.
00:37 Tragically the bodies of four young males were recovered from within the vehicle.
00:43 The families of the missing men have been informed. Our thoughts are with them at this desperate time.
00:52 Whilst the search has concluded there is an ongoing inquiry to formally identify those in
00:57 the vehicle and to understand what has led to this tragic incident. I'd like to take this
01:03 opportunity to publicly thank members of the emergency services, volunteers from the search
01:09 agencies and members of the public who supported us with this search. And finally I would ask
01:14 that the families are afforded privacy at this desperate time.
