Main pic: The Clonmel crash victims: (L-R) Nicole Murphy from Ballypatrick, Grace McSweeney from Clonmel, her brother Luke McSweeney and Zoey Coffey from Kilsheelan.
The four young victims of last night’s fatal crash in Clonmel have been formally named.
They were Nicole Murphy, 18, from Ballypatrick, Zoey Coffey, 18, from Kilsheelan, Grace McSweeney, 18, from Clonmel, and her 24-year-old brother Luke.
The three young women had received their Leaving Cert results earlier in the day and were on their way to meet friends for a planned celebration event.
It is understood that the car, which had been travelling downhill, went out of control and overturned, close to the entrance of Hillview Sports Club. There was no other vehicle involved.
It is understood the young women attended two local secondary schools, while Mr McSweeney was a past pupil of another secondary school in the area.
The schools involved are currently in meetings and it is understood they have put critical incident management plans in place.
They will be offering support to the families of the victims, and their friends and schoolmates, in the coming days.
Family Liaison Officers have been appointed to each of the families to provide support and the families will be kept updated as to the course of the investigation.
The road remains closed today pending a forensic examination of the scene, where locals have been laying flowers and where a number of young people have gathered.
In an update this afternoon, Garda Superintendent Kieran Ruane said “all four lives were lost at the scene” after the vehicle “struck a wall”.
He described the scene as “very difficult”, with emergency services working “in very adverse weather conditions”. He hailed the professionalism shown by all first responders.
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