Kiea McCann (17) and Dlava Mohamed (16) killed and three other people injured in crash when car left road and hit a tree
When it reached the McCann home there were harrowing scenes outside as many women were overcome with grief, their sobbing filling the air.
Kiea McCann who died in a road traffic accident outside Clones in Co Monaghan on the way to her debs The bodies of the two victims were removed from the scene to Monaghan General Hospital. Postmortems were completed on the bodies of the two deceased, the results of which are not being released for operational reasons, said the Garda.
The N54 is due to be reopened following a forensic examination of the scene and a senior investigating officer has been appointed to lead the investigation. The vehicle was on Tuesday removed from the scene. He added: “Having attended the scene last night it was particularly harrowing, particularly the chaos that emanates when such an incident happens. The fire service [and] the ambulance services, I’ve said already, were particularly brilliant as they usually are here, and without them we wouldn’t have been able to manage this incident and deal with it.”
“We extend our deepest sympathies to the families and friends who have tragically lost loved ones. The other individuals involved in the accident also remain in our thoughts and prayers at this time,” she said. “My little baby sister, I have no words to describe the emotions going through me right now. I really don’t know what to do without you, I am just so lost and don’t understand how something like this could just happen to you and I just hope you know that we all love you so much,” she wrote.Kiea and Dlava had been best friends for some time. In a photograph uploaded to Dlava’s Facebook account almost two years ago, she and Kiea pose together in front of a bedroom mirror.
Fr Peter Corrigan told the congregation gathered at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Clones that “a night of celebration became a night of suffering and heartbreak”. Fr Corrigan said the tragedy would be felt by the whole community and surrounding area for “a long time”. “We’ve been speaking to young people primarily on the streets and in the centres, and then we’ve been speaking to parents and we’ve had a number of callers from the community to see what they can do at this point to support and to assist.”
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