Funeral of road victim

Funeral of road victim

Accidents claimed four lives over the weekend

The funeral has taken place of one of the four people killed in road accidents in County Tyrone at the weekend.

Barry Martin McDonald and Neil Morrow, both 20, from Dungannon, died with John Paul Reilly, 23, from Enniskillen, when their car hit a wall on Sunday.

The accident happened on the Beechvalley Road.

Mr Morrow was buried in Carland Road cemetery following Requiem Mass at 1000 BST on Tuesday at St Patrick's Church in Dungannon.

Mr McDonald will be buried in Carland Road cemetery following Requiem Mass at 1000 BST on Wednesday at St Patrick's Church in Dungannon.

In a separate road crash in County Tyrone, Paula Murphy, 18, from Neelmore Drive in Omagh, died on Sunday when the car she was in hit a bridge.

Four other teenagers in the car were injured.

The accident happened on the Gortin Road outside Omagh at about 2330 BST.

The car appeared to have lost control as it rounded a bend.

It is understood the 18-year-old, who was a back seat passenger, was not wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the car is said to be in a serious condition in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

Ms Murphy is expected to be buried at Greenhill cemetery following Requiem Mass at Christ the King Church in Omagh at 1000 BST on Wednesday.

A total of 55 people have died on Northern Ireland's roads so far this year.