Four family members killed in Wexford car crash buried in US

The four members of the Alexander family who were killed in a car accident in Co Wexford earlier this month were laid to rest in Illinois on Saturday.

Building contractor Doug Alexander, from Tyrone; his wife, Lily, from Patrickswell, Limerick; and their sons, Stephen P Alexander, a Bolingbrook police officer; and Doug Jr, a musician, were laid to rest following prayers at Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home, on Friday afternoon and evening. Their funeral Mass was held at St Gerald Church, in Oak Lawn, early the following morning.

Doug, Lily, Doug Jr, and Stephen were killed when their rental, 5 series BMW collided with a 40ft articulated lorry, at Begerin Hill, at 6.30pm on Monday, December 4. The vehicle was struck from the side, on the N25, at Begerin Hill, and was pushed into a high embankment further down the road.