unerals are happening for 2 teenage greatest buddies who have been killed after the automotive they have been travelling in crashed whereas on the best way to a ball.

Kiea McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, died when the automotive they have been travelling in left the highway and crashed right into a tree simply exterior Clones, Co Monaghan, on Monday.

They have been on the best way to their college’s Debs ball when the crash occurred.

Funeral prayers for Dlava are being held on the Clonskeagh Mosque and Cultural Centre in Dublin forward of burial in Newcastle Muslim Cemetery afterward Thursday.

A hearse carrying Dlava’s stays left the household house in Clones early on Thursday for the two-hour journey to the mosque.

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A funeral mass for Kiea is being held on the Sacred Heart Chapel in Clones. She will later be laid to relaxation in Mount St Oliver’s Cemetery.

A big crowd of mourners walked behind the cortege from Kiea’s house to the church forward of the service.

The principal of the youngsters’ secondary college mentioned the ladies had been “best friends” since Dlava’s household arrived in Clones as a part of a resettlement programme for Syrians.

Largy College principal Sharon Magennis described Dlava, who had simply accomplished her Junior Cert examination, as “always very happy” and “bubbly”, and Kiea as “pleasant and courteous” and who had hoped to go on to check childcare.

In a mark of respect and help, tons of of individuals shaped guards of honour in Clones as the 2 youngsters’ stays have been taken again to their household houses in current days.

Three different occupants of the automotive have been additionally injured after the car veered off the N54 and right into a tree, simply exterior Clones, on Monday at 6.45pm.

An 18-year-old girl is in a vital however secure situation at Cavan General Hospital, whereas a 60-year-old man is in a vital situation at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital.

An 18-year-old man additionally suffered non life-threatening accidents.