A COMMUNITY has been left "stunned, numb and speechless" by the tragic road accident which claimed the lives of three members of the same family, a funeral for two siblings heard yesterday.
Dan and Christine McKane, and their aunt Julia McSorley, 75, were killed in the crash last week on the A5 near Aughnacloy when the minibus they were travelling in was in a collision with a lorry.
They had been returning from the funeral of a family member in Corby, Northamptonshire.
Four other family members were admitted to hospital, with two people having since been discharged. A funeral was held for Mrs McSorley at St Eugene's Church in Glenock, Co Tyrone, on Sunday.
The song Danny Boy was sung as the siblings' coffins were brought into The Church of The Immaculate Conception in Strabane yesterday.
One of Mr McKane's daughters and Mrs McKane's son later read poems they had written for them.
A representative of President Michael D Higgins and Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill were among the mourners.
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