Teen best friends who were killed in car accidents that were placed next to each other “hold hands”

Two best friends of teenage were laid side by side after they were killed in a car accident in Ireland, one of the girls' mothers said during a conviction in front of the Monaghan Circuit Court for the man who guilty to cause their death.

The 17 -year -old Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohammed, 16, were fatally injured on July 31, 2023 after the car was busy with about 75 miles per hour for their high school final ball in a tree with about 75 miles The Irish times.

The 61 -year -old Anthony McGinn, who drove the victims in the Westenra Arms Hotel in Monaghan to the event, is guilty of driving dangerously, which caused the death of the teenagers in January, the BBC previously reported.

The suspect was also charged with the dangerous driving that caused Dlava's sister Avin Mohammed serious physical injury, who was also in the car but survived, stated the outlet.

After the crash, the victims were “hands” side by side The Telegraph. The crash took place on the N54 road in Legnakelly, just outside the clone, according to the Raidió partifís Eireann (RTé).

Kiea's mother, Teresa, said in court that she “confidante” McGinn to drive her daughter to the prom. “When we arrived at the scene, Kiea was already gone. Her father tried CPR on her. Nothing would bring her back” The Telegraph.

“Kiea and her best friend were robbed of her life. They were laid next to each other when I and my husband were next to them,” she added.

Passenger Oisin Clerkin was in the front seat at the time of the crash and asked the suspect to slower. The Telegraph reported.

“He drove very quickly and it frightened me. None of the girls said something.

The dashcam film material of the crash, which drives from a vehicle behind the suspect's car The Irish times. It was shown that the street had been wet due to rain at the time of the incident.

On the day of the crash, McGinn “called the house in McCann in the McCann family before they all gathered in cloning in a pub,” said the RTé.

Kiea's father Frankie told the court that, according to the radio company, his daughter “never married her first love or her own child”, while Dlava's father Mohammed Mohammed in a victim -meaning declaration read by inspector Lardner said that his daughter was a “piece of his heart”.

Mohammed said that the family from Syria had moved to Ireland to start a new life, but added that his daughter's dreams were “buried with her now”, the RTé explained.

Kiea's father said that his daughter's death was a “death sentence” for the family, and her mother said Kiea's 18th birthday was a tombstone. The Telegraph reported.

Dlava's sister Avin, who was seriously injured in the crash, said: “My sister came with me [to prom] Because I didn't have anyone else. “She added that” everything changes “as soon as she got into McGinn's car The Irish times. Avin remembered that he had asked the driver to stop before saying that everything had become black and she woke up with serious injuries in the hospital.

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Defender Breffni Gordon noticed that McGinn had been seriously injured in the crash and “officially excused with the family and the friends of the victims,” ​​said the RTé.

McGinn is expected to be convicted on Wednesday, May 14th.

The Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court did not answer immediately when they were contacted by people to get additional information, and the Gardaí said it was unable to comment on “named persons” or “affairs in court”.