06/08/2013

Injured Man Leaves Hospital To Attend Friends Funerals

One of the two men injured in a Co Donegal road crash that killed two of his friends left hospital to attend their funeral.

The two men killed in the crash, Shaun Graham (19) and Matthew Crawford (21) were laid to rest in adjoining graves at Conwal graveyard, outside Letterkenny, following separate funeral Masses.

21-year-old Damien Graham was released from hospital so that he could attend the funerals of his two friends. Reports say that he was in a wheelchair.

Another man, Neol Carr, injured in the crash, which happened outside Rathmullan, Co Donegal as the four men returned from a festival, remains seriously ill in hospital.

(MH/CD)

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