Vigil hears memories of teenager

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Several hundred people have attended a vigil to remember a schoolgirl who died after being struck by a car in Belfast.

Adele Whiteside, 14, was knocked down in Finaghy while she was walking home from a wedding early on Saturday.

Family and friends gathered on Monday night to share memories and pay tribute to Adele. Flowers are still being left at the spot where she died.

Her uncle David Close, who was at the event, said: "The mood was more a celebration of Adele."

"The young ones seemed to want to really pay their respects to Adele by playing her favourite tunes and wearing her favourite football tops and t-shirts," he added.

"The response has been absolutely unbelievable."

Earlier, Adele's father Alan said the family was still coming to terms with the loss of their daughter.

"We were all together at a wedding on Saturday night, two hours before it happened.

"All she did all night long at the wedding was dance - we couldn't get her to sit down.

"Going from something as joyous as a wedding to what came next is hard to believe.

"I still don't believe it."

Flowers are left at the scene where a girl was killed

A total of four people died in separate incidents on Northern Ireland's roads over the weekend.

Adam Armstrong, 78, from Irvinestown died after a car crash on the Lack Road in Dromore, County Tyrone, on Saturday.

In County Antrim, an eight-year-old girl died after a crash near Dervock, whilst a 60-year-old motorcyclist died near Ballymoney.

Environment Minister Arlene Foster said she was horrified by the accidents.

"The first thing I would say is that my sympathy goes out to the families involved in all of these accidents," she said.

"Just this weekend I have been speaking to officials about our statistics for this year.

"As it happens, our statistics are actually much better for this year than last year but I'm only too aware that statistics are very bland when you are dealing with the human cost of human tragedy that families are having to cope with this weekend."