Donegal community ‘under cloud of sadness’ as young victims of road crash named
A close-knit Co Donegal community has been left devastated after two young people were killed in a road crash.
The Gaeltacht village of Gort an Choirce (Gortahork) in west Donegal was thrown into turmoil following the incident late on Friday evening.
A car containing four young men collided with the gable wall of a house in the townland of Baltoney just outside the village about 9.30pm.
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the single-vehicle collision.
However, two young men were pronounced dead at the scene just moments later.
A Garda forensic collision team arrived on scene on Saturday to trace the last movements of the 06-registered Suzuki Liana before it struck the wall.
The victims have been named locally as Shaun McClafferty and Jamie Diver.
All four young men in the car are from the Cloughaneely area.
It is understood Mr McClafferty, who was in his teens, was the driver while Mr Diver, who was in his 20s, was a back-seat passenger.
Gardaí have said post mortems will…
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