Four family members killed in Wexford car crash buried in US
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.
