Funeral on Thursday of 14-year old Donegal crash victim



A 14-year-old died in a car crash on Friday evening in County Donegal will be laid to rest on Thursday.

Jamie Doherty, the eldest of a young family of three boys, died instantly when the car he was driving crashed near his grandparents’ home in Redcastle.

14-year-old Jamie Doherty had just finished second year at Moville Community School.

The accident happened just before 6pm on Friday.

Buncrana-based Garda Superintendent Eugene McGovern has appealed for any witnesses, who may have seen the car, between 4.55pm and 6pm, to come forward to the Gardaí.

Jamie’s remains were taken to Letterkenny University Hospital on Friday night and a postmortem took place at the weekend.

His funeral will take place on Thursday.



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