Two friends died after the car they were travelling in plunged into a river in Wales on Christmas Day, an inquest heard. Jay Kyle Jenkins and Rachel Curtis, from Swansea, had been out for festive drinks before the BMW Mini coupe entered the River Tawe in Swansea in the early hours of December 25 last year, WalesOnline reports.
The bodies of the two friends, who were both 36, were found nearby after emergency services were called to the scene near the A483 New Cut Road.
An inquest into their deaths at Swansea's Guildhall heard Miss Curtis had been driving the vehicle prior to the crash. The car then collided with a pedestrian barrier before entering the water after she took a hard right turn. READ MORE: The YouTube and Twitter Covid posts that led to downfall of senior Greater Manchester surgeon READ MORE: The top stories across the M.E.N.
Miss Curtis and Mr Jenkins had met in Swansea city centre earlier that evening and had enjoyed Christmas drinks together along with two other friends.
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