Names of Moy fatal crash victims made public

The names of three people who died following a road traffic collision in County Armagh at the weekend have been made public.

The three-vehicle collision happened on the Armagh Road near the village of Moy on Saturday evening.

Conor Quinn, 31, from Derryloughan, County Tyrone, John Guy, 48, who was originally from Dublin but living in Keady, and 23- year-old Laura Hoy, from Cookstown, all died at the scene.

Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck said their deaths had left a "sense of shock right across the community".

'Challenging and difficult scene'

ACC Beck said police arrived at the scene within 12 minutes and "administered CPR to a number of casualties".

Speaking at the scene on Sunday, he said it was with "real sadness" he had to report that three people had died "despite the best efforts of emergencies services".

He also told reporters that four other people had sustained injuries and three of them were receiving medical treatment.

ACC Beck said police were assisting the families of those killed.

"One can only imagine the real sense of shock and grief that is engulfing those families," he said.

"Emergency services were faced with a really challenging and difficult scene here last night in the dark, with multiple causalities and with multiple vehicles involved."

He appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident or who had dashcam footage or any other information to contact police.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said it despatched three rapid response paramedics, seven emergency crews, one HART (Hazardous Area Response Team) crew, an ambulance officer and an ambulance doctor to the incident on Saturday night.

Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, two patients were taken to Craigavon Area Hospital and another to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

The road, which was closed overnight, reopened on Sunday afternoon.

Local Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew said there was "total shock and sadness that such a tragedy would be the news that we're waking up to this morning".

He said three families have been "completely devastated," and that these type of incidents "really rip communities and families apart".

"I'm very conscious that across the island last night seven people lost their lives and those are absolutely unacceptable numbers of people losing their lives, and I think it's incumbent on all of us to do something about that," he said.

In a post on social media, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Diana Armstrong, said she was "deeply concerned" after learning of the crash.

"My thoughts are with all those affected by this collision, my thanks go to the PSNI and emergency services who attended to provide immediate assistance and hospital transfers," she said.

"Holding those affected and their families in my thoughts and prayers at this difficult time."

Local Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor, Scott Armstrong, said he was "deeply shocked and saddened".

"Incidents such as this remind us all of the fragility of life and the importance of road safety and looking out for one another on our roads," he added.