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Glasgow bin lorry crash: More than 1,000 at funeral for couple and granddaughter | Glasgow bin lorry crash: More than 1,000 at funeral for couple and granddaughter |
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More than 1,000 people have attended a funeral service for three members of the same family killed in the Glasgow bin lorry crash. | More than 1,000 people have attended a funeral service for three members of the same family killed in the Glasgow bin lorry crash. |
Mourners gathered at St Patrick's RC Church in Dumbarton to remember Jack Sweeney, his wife Lorraine and their 18-year-old granddaughter Erin McQuade. | Mourners gathered at St Patrick's RC Church in Dumbarton to remember Jack Sweeney, his wife Lorraine and their 18-year-old granddaughter Erin McQuade. |
They died after being struck by an out-of-control bin lorry which crashed in George Square in the city centre three days before Christmas. | They died after being struck by an out-of-control bin lorry which crashed in George Square in the city centre three days before Christmas. |
Three other people lost their lives. | Three other people lost their lives. |
Ten others were injured. | Ten others were injured. |
The requiem mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia. | The requiem mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia. |
He said the three had been struck down in front of Mr and Mrs Sweeney's daughter and Erin's mother Jacqueline McQuade's eyes - and that a "festive and happy" Christmas shopping excursion to Glasgow had become the "worst of nightmares". | |
Archbishop Tartaglia described Erin as a light-hearted, caring family-loving girl. | |
He said: "Just as her life was opening up and she was spreading her wings, cruel fate took her away." | |
Archbishop Tartaglia said her grandparents had been very happily married for more than 45 years. | |
He said the accident had piled "tragedy on tragedy and sadness on sadness" on the family. | |
Archbishop Tartaglia told mourners: "Their last day on this earth said it all. Jack and Lorraine, Jacqueline and Erin went on a Christmas shopping trip. Three generations of the same loving family. | |
"They died as they lived - together. It is fitting that they should share the same funeral Mass. They will be buried in the same grave." | |
The crash also claimed the lives of primary school teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, from Glasgow, Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh; and Jacqueline Morton, 51, from Glasgow. | The crash also claimed the lives of primary school teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, from Glasgow, Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh; and Jacqueline Morton, 51, from Glasgow. |
Earlier this week more than 1,000 people stood in silence during a two-minute vigil for the victims in the city's Royal Exchange Square. | Earlier this week more than 1,000 people stood in silence during a two-minute vigil for the victims in the city's Royal Exchange Square. |
People have left floral tributes and candles in the area, where the lorry first went out of control. | People have left floral tributes and candles in the area, where the lorry first went out of control. |