Local priest says community is numbed in disbelief following deaths of two teenagers in crash outside Headford

2023-04-11

Local priest, Fr Ray Flaherty says the community is numbed following yesterday's road crash which claimed the lives of two fourteen year olds just outside the town. 14 year olds Kirstie Bohan and Lukas Joyce, from the Headford and Annaghdown areas, died after the car they were in hit a tree at 5:45AM yesterday morning. The single vehicle collision happened on the L6127 at Glennagarraun in the Ballyfruit area The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, while the girl later died at University Hospital...

Local priest, Fr Ray Flaherty says the community is numbed following yesterday's road crash which claimed the lives of two fourteen year olds just outside the town.

14 year olds Kirstie Bohan and Lukas Joyce, from the Headford and Annaghdown areas, died after the car they were in hit a tree at 5:45AM yesterday morning.

The single vehicle collision happened on the L6127 at Glennagarraun in the Ballyfruit area

The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, while the girl later died at University Hospital Galway.

Two other teenagers, a 13 year old boy and 14 year old girl, are still being treated for 'serious' injuries at UHG.

The Garda investigation will centre on how the four friends came to be in the car.

Speaking to Galway Talks, Fr Flaherty says the tragedy will have a ripple effect on the wider community:

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