Victims of Ballyfruit road crash named as Headford school implements critical incident response

2023-04-11

The two young victims of a road crash just outside Headford have been named locally as Kirstie Bohan and Lukas Joyce. The teenagers, aged 14 years old, were killed when the car they were in hit a tree on the Ballyfruit road at 5:45AM yesterday morning. 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. A special critical incident...

The two young victims of a road crash just outside Headford have been named locally as Kirstie Bohan and Lukas Joyce.

The teenagers, aged 14 years old, were killed when the car they were in hit a tree on the Ballyfruit road at 5:45AM yesterday morning.

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.

A special critical incident response will be implemented at their school, Presentation College Headford, with specialist counselling services being made available.

Local Councillor for Headford Andrew Reddington says the there is a deep sense of shock and sadness in the community

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