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06/07/2006
Crash victim's body exhumed
The body of one of the teenage girls who was killed in a road traffic incident in County Fermanagh at the weekend, has been exhumed.
It is understood that after the funeral of Anita Swift, 16, on Tuesday morning, officials discovered that the wrong person had been buried.
The funeral of the other girl who died in the crash, Danica O'Rourke, 17, which was due to be held in Lisnaskea yesterday, was cancelled due to queries over the identification of her body.
Further examinations were carried out, and after a DNA analysis, it emerged that the body in Anita's grave, was that of Danica O'Rourke.
The body was exhumed yesterday and a private burial for Anita took place this morning.
Danica's funeral is expected to be held tomorrow.
The two others who died in the crash were Jonathan McDonald, 21, from Newtownbutler, who was buried on Tuesday afternoon, and 21-year-old Peter Leonard, who was buried after Requiem Mass at the Church of Holy Cross in Lisnaskea yesterday.
The four young people lost their lives in a road traffic incident, which happened just outside Lisnaskea at around 3.30am on Sunday morning.
Six people were in the car at the time of the crash, and police have revealed that the four victims were all back-seat passengers when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree on the Moorlough Road.
(EF/SP)
It is understood that after the funeral of Anita Swift, 16, on Tuesday morning, officials discovered that the wrong person had been buried.
The funeral of the other girl who died in the crash, Danica O'Rourke, 17, which was due to be held in Lisnaskea yesterday, was cancelled due to queries over the identification of her body.
Further examinations were carried out, and after a DNA analysis, it emerged that the body in Anita's grave, was that of Danica O'Rourke.
The body was exhumed yesterday and a private burial for Anita took place this morning.
Danica's funeral is expected to be held tomorrow.
The two others who died in the crash were Jonathan McDonald, 21, from Newtownbutler, who was buried on Tuesday afternoon, and 21-year-old Peter Leonard, who was buried after Requiem Mass at the Church of Holy Cross in Lisnaskea yesterday.
The four young people lost their lives in a road traffic incident, which happened just outside Lisnaskea at around 3.30am on Sunday morning.
Six people were in the car at the time of the crash, and police have revealed that the four victims were all back-seat passengers when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree on the Moorlough Road.
(EF/SP)
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