A beautiful soul

Funeral for Julia, 75, killed with relatives in road crash tragedy

- GRAINNE NI AODHA

A WOMAN who died in a road collision along with her niece and nephew has been remembered as “a beautiful soul” and “one of the most virtuous women of our generation”. 

Julia McSorley, 75, and brother and sister Dan and Christine McKane were killed on Thursday morning when the minivan they were travelling in collided with a lorry near Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone.

Mourners heard they had been returning from a funeral of a family member in Corby, England, when the crash occurred.

Four other family members were admitted to hospital, with two people having since been discharged.

People gathered at St Eugene’s Church in Glenock for Mrs McSorley’s funeral Mass yesterday.

They were told it was a “poignant morning” and that the community had been “engulfed in grief ”.

Father Roland Colhoun said the family is “immensely grateful” for the “courage and dedication” of the first responders that attended the “harrowing” scene.