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Four women die in road crash

shqipshume · 2009-11-19 11:24:49

Four women were killed and two people injured in a collision between a car and a pick-up truck on the Galway-Mayo border last night. Last night’s crash occurred shortly before 8pm on the N17 between the villages of Milltown, Co Galway, north of Tuam and Ballindine, Co Mayo. The stretch of road is closed this morning, as…

19-11-2009 11:24am

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Four women were killed and two people injured in a collision between a car and a pick-up truck on the Galway-Mayo border last night.
Last night’s crash occurred shortly before 8pm on the N17 between the villages of Milltown, Co Galway, north of Tuam and Ballindine, Co Mayo. The stretch of road is closed this morning, as Garda forensic experts examine the scene.
The four women who died were travelling in the same car. Three were pronounced at the scene while the fourth died at Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar. A fifth woman, who was driving the car, is in a critical condition in the hospital today.
The driver of the truck was also injured and was taken to the same hospital for treatment but has since been released.
The women were later named locally as Marie Conneely (19) from Baile na hAbhann (Ballynahown) in Connemara, Theresa Molloy (19) from Leitir Mór (Lettermore), Sarah Byrne (20) from Headford and Sorcha Rose McLaughlin (19) from Mulgannon in Co Wexford.
The driver of the car was named as Michelle O’Donnell (21) from Kilronan on Inishmore in the Aran Islands.

I saw pictures of them in news paper tis morning,such happy looking young women.

Rest in peace so very sad.Condolences to all family and friends:(

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#2 19-11-2009 11:27am

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Every death is a tragedy for so many others. Having said that, as long as we hurtle around the countryside in tin boxes, we have to accept that there will always be deaths.

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Terribly terribly sad. Breaks my heart.

A true tragedy - really brings home the fickleness of life.

Let us pray for their poor families and that of the girl still in a critical condition.

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#4 19-11-2009 11:27am

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Sounds like they weren't wearing their seatbelts as the driver is still alive.

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#5 19-11-2009 11:28am

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This happened two nights ago

Very very sad though.

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#6 19-11-2009 11:31am

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I thought four more died for a second.

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#7 19-11-2009 11:32am

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R.i.p girls...my thoughts are with the family...such a tragedy...:(

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#8 19-11-2009 11:35am

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RIP.

There's already a thread about this in the Galway Forum, can we direct messages of condolence to this thread, it would be a nice gesture.

Thanks.

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