‘It is too horrendous to even imagine’

A Sunday afternoon stroll in the autumn sunshine turned into tragedy yesterday when a two-year-old girl and her 12-week-old sister were killed when they were knocked down by a car.

‘It is too horrendous to even imagine’
Mon, 22 Oct, 2012 - 01:00
John Fallon and Niall Murray

The crash happened at a popular walking spot in Tuam, Co Galway, as Katie Gilmore and younger sister Grace were out for a walk with their father John along the hard shoulder of the N17.

The crash happened at about 1.45pm near the junction of the N17 and the Bobby Burke ring road on the outskirts of Tuam.

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