'Loveable rogue with ever-present twinkle in her eye': Teen killed at Cork motor sport event remembered

Lauren O'Brien, who attended McEgan College in Macroom, was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday afternoon

A 13-year-old girl who died in a crash whilst she was competing in an auto grass racing event at the Castletown Kennigh track in Enniskean, Co. Cork yesterday has been named locally as Lauren O’Brien of Knockane, Terelton. Picture: McEgan College/Facebook

The 13-year-old girl who died in a crash whilst she was competing in an auto grass racing event in Enniskean, Co Cork has been remembered by  her school as a "loveable rogue" who had an “ever-present twinkle in her eye”.

Lauren O'Brien of Knockane, Terelton was a pupil at McEgan College in Macroom. She crashed at the Castletown Kennigh track in Enniskean on Sunday.