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Tributes to car accident teenager | Tributes to car accident teenager |
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Friends of a 15-year-old boy who died in a road accident in Downpatrick have been leaving their tributes to him on his personal page on the Bebo website. | Friends of a 15-year-old boy who died in a road accident in Downpatrick have been leaving their tributes to him on his personal page on the Bebo website. |
Matthew Dagens, from Crossgar, was crossing the Ballydugan Road at about 2130 GMT on Friday when he was struck by a car. He died in hospital. | |
Local SDLP assembly member Margaret Richie said: "This family has suffered quite a bit of tragedy this year, particularly his grandmother's family." | |
This year, 123 have died on NI's roads. | |
Meanwhile, the father and daughter killed in Friday's crash in Crumlin were James McGuigan, 30, and Lorna, 8. | Meanwhile, the father and daughter killed in Friday's crash in Crumlin were James McGuigan, 30, and Lorna, 8. |
Two other daughters, aged four and five, remain critically ill. | Two other daughters, aged four and five, remain critically ill. |
The incident happened on the Ballyhill Road, Crumlin, at about 0900 GMT. | The incident happened on the Ballyhill Road, Crumlin, at about 0900 GMT. |
It is believed Lorna was the front seat passenger and the injured girls were in the back. | It is believed Lorna was the front seat passenger and the injured girls were in the back. |
The accident took place in Crumlin on Friday morning | The accident took place in Crumlin on Friday morning |
The family's priest, Father Aidan Troy, said Mr McGuigan had been taking the girls to their grandmother's house in Lenadoon when the accident happened . | |
"The girls go to Holy Cross Primary School in Ardoyne and the father was at the nativity play on Wednesday and the youngest one was with him. The other two are at the school as well," he said. | |
"It is an unbelievable tragedy this close to Christmas and the two little girls were in intensive care last time I saw them, which is a tragedy. | |
"I just hope the other two get through this. It is a terrible experience for any family." | |
He said "a lovely thing that had emerged" was that her mother had given permission for Lorna's organs to be donated. |