'These were good young people returning home from working in a local restaurant but then the unthinkable happened.'
The victims have been named locally as Alana Harkin and Thomas Gallagher Two 18-year-olds have died after the car they were in lost control on the way home from work. The victims, named locally as Alana Harkin and Thomas Gallagher, died in a crash on the R238 in Co Donegal, the Republic of Ireland, shortly before 1am on Monday morning. Alana had been working a night shift at a local restaurant and was returning home to Gleneely with Thomas when the crash happened.
‘They were young people coming home from work and it’s not that they were out late at night partying or anything like that. ‘People are starting to think about the festive season and that’s obviously a very family-orientated time of year. ‘But to think that these poor young souls won’t be with their families then is hard to take. ‘But the community will gather around and support the families as best they can but it is very difficult to take it all in at the moment.
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