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| The mother of one of two young women killed in a road accident in County Antrim has described them both as bubbly, loving and caring. | The mother of one of two young women killed in a road accident in County Antrim has described them both as bubbly, loving and caring. |
| Christina O'Boyle said her daughter Lisa McFerran, 25, and her best friend Claire Wakeland, 23, will be buried side by side as they were rarely apart. | Christina O'Boyle said her daughter Lisa McFerran, 25, and her best friend Claire Wakeland, 23, will be buried side by side as they were rarely apart. |
| The women were struck by a car on the Ballybogey Road, Portrush, on Saturday. | |
| Christina said they were going home after seeing a comedian who was due to perform at Claire's wedding next year. | Christina said they were going home after seeing a comedian who was due to perform at Claire's wedding next year. |
| Claire was due to marry Lisa's brother William. | Claire was due to marry Lisa's brother William. |
| Christina said: "In life they were best friends, they were never apart. | |
| "The two girls were very close. Claire is just like Lisa; she is bubbly and bouncy. Both of them died together, so we are bringing them back together now. They are going side by side, in the same grave. | |
| She was beautiful, a great mother to her two children. Christina O'BoyleMother | |
| "They were modelling their dresses in the house, the way girls do. The dresses are all hanging here in the wardrobe." | |
| The women lived a few yards from each other in Carfinton Park, Rasharkin. | The women lived a few yards from each other in Carfinton Park, Rasharkin. |
| They had just stepped out of a car when the accident happened. | |
| Lisa had two daughters, Lauren, three, and seven-year-old Shannon, who had already bought their mother a little chain for Christmas. | |
| Paying tribute to her daughter, Christina said: "She was beautiful. A great mother to her two children. | |
| "All she cared about, was her two children and me and William her father. And if she wasn't taking care of one she was taking care of the other. | |
| "She was very, very caring. She just had got into her own new house, got things sorted out." | |
| Investigation call | Investigation call |
| Earlier this year, Claire and William had lost their four-day-old daughter due to illness. | |
| "Claire couldn't wait for William to see her in her wedding dress, so she is getting buried in her wedding dress," said Christina. | |
| Ulster Unionist assembly member Norman Hillis said there had been five recent deaths on that stretch of road. | Ulster Unionist assembly member Norman Hillis said there had been five recent deaths on that stretch of road. |
| "There will have to be a big investigation between the Roads Service and the police and any (other) agency to see what can we do," he said. | "There will have to be a big investigation between the Roads Service and the police and any (other) agency to see what can we do," he said. |
| "This sort of carnage can't go on." | "This sort of carnage can't go on." |
| The deaths bring the total of people killed on Northern Ireland's road this year to 120. |