Trauma for firemen in crash deaths of little girls

A FIRE officer last night spoke of the trauma to those who arrived on the devastating scene of the crash that claimed the lives of two young girls on Monday night.

Six-year-old Ava Carberry Varden, from Oranmore, Co Galway, and Michella Logan, 9, from Kilcock, Co Kildare, were named yesterday as the two children who died in the Longford crash.

Ava’s mother is from Longford and her father is well-known businessman Tommy Varden, sponsor of the Galway football team. Mr Varden is also believed to be the father of another child injured in the crash.