Clones mourns for teenage best friends killed on way to Debs ball

People form a guard of honour as the hearse carrying the remains of Kiea McCann arrives to the family home in Clones, Co. Monaghan. Picture: Alan Hamilton

The community in Clones last night stood as one in the town's rain-soaked streets to pay tribute to 17-year-old Kiea McCann, who was killed on the way to her Debs ball on Monday night.

Kiea, 17, and her best friend Dlava Mohamed, 16, both sixth-year students at Largey College in Clones, were killed in a single-vehicle crash on the N54 at around 6.45pm on Monday when the car they were travelling in hit a tree.