INHABITANTS OF the small village of Convoy, Co Donegal, yesterday prayed in two churches for one of their oldest and one of their youngest who died following road crashes an hour apart.
Soccer-mad Dylan Minnock (7) and pensioner Jimmy Strain (80) were fatally injured in separate crashes on Friday.
Congregations at the Catholic St Mary’s and Church of Ireland St Ninian’s Parish Church remembered the victims.
Dylan was on a life-support system at Letterkenny General Hospital after he was knocked down by a van as he went to cross a street in Convoy. He was pronounced dead on Saturday evening.
Mr Strain was pronounced dead on arrival at Letterkenny General following injuries received when his van went out of control and crashed into a fence at Drumkeen.