Councillor was at tragic crash scene 16.10.07

A WOMAN who died in Monday's crash near Gleneely has been named locally as Becky McEvoy (nee Carey).
	Mrs. McEvoy had only moved back to her native Greencastle this summer to look after her brother. She was in her mid-60s and has a grown-up family in England. Local Councillor Marian McDonald who knows the Carey family, happened upon the tragic crash scene as she and her sister travelled back to Moville from a visit to their mother in Carndonagh Community Hospital. "I was driving along and suddenly this car came
towards us and was flashing its lights frantically," said Cllr. McDonald "The driver, a man, warned us about the accident up ahead. It had just happened and the emergency services and the doctor from Carndonagh arrived not long after. It was a terrible, terrible scene," she added.

Gardai are investigating the fatality which happened at 2.45pm at Claggan on the main Moville to Carndonagh road. Mrs. McEvoy was a passenger in one of the cars. The drivers of the vehicles, including Mrs. McEvoy's brother and a young male driver from the Carn area,
were taken to Letterkenny General Hospital for treatment. A hospital spokesperson said the two men were "comfortable and stable". Gardai cordoned off a large stretch of the main road and detours were put in place. Forensic officers were at the scene until nightfall on Monday. Diversions are still in place at the scene.
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