Community Shocked After Father and Son Killed in Christmas Crash

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Community Shocked After Father and Son Killed in Christmas Crash
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A Co Armagh community is reeling from the deaths of a father and son in a Christmas weekend car crash. Peter Devlin and his son Loughlin were killed in a two-vehicle collision outside Killylea village last Friday. Four others, including a baby, were hospitalized. Mourners gathered at the Church of St Joseph in Tynan for a joint funeral.

A Co Armagh community is still in shock over the deaths of a father and son in a crash just two days after Christmas , their funeral has heard.

Mourners gathered at the Church of St Joseph in Tynan on Wednesday for a joint funeral for the father and son. A crowd waited outside the church as a convoy of cars, including two hearses, arrived and the bells rang. READ MORE: Husband's search for wife who vanished in broad daylight solved two years later thanks to Google Maps

"As a community we're stunned, we're still in shock." He described the two men as symbolising hard work, and said both their faith and providing for their families were very important to them.

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