Heartbreaking final message sent by tragic teen before exam party horror crash
27.08.2023 - 14:49
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The boyfriend of a young girl who died in a horror car crash that claimed four lives has spoken out after losing the “love of his life”. Luke McSweeney, 24, his sister Grace McSweeney, Nicole Murphy and Zoey Coffey - all aged 18 - were killed after the car they were travelling in hit a wall on Friday evening.
Emergency services raced to the scene in County Tipperary, Ireland, but all four youngsters were pronounced dead a short time later. It’s understood that they were on their way to an exams celebration party after the three teenagers received their Leaving Certificates shortly before.
Aaron Costin, 18, who had been in a relationship with Grace for two years, received a message from her on Snapchat before she got into the car that night, the Mirror reports. After seeing her location on the app, he got a text from his friend saying there had been a crash on the road she was on just minutes later.
Aaron, who was on a night out, said he ran over to the scene from one side of the town as quickly as he could, but couldn't get to the area because it had been blocked off.
He told The Sunday Times: "There was something in me that didn't want to believe it was their car but I could see the car and then I knew what it was. It was hard."
Aaron last met up with Grace the day before, on Thursday, after she texted him because she knew he would be worried about her exam results. After picking her up, they went to Carey's Castle, where they walked around and talked.
The couple had been looking forward to a trip to Amsterdam, which they planned together because Grace - who had a love of history - wanted to do the Anne Frank tour.
They had met at a party hosted by Zoey, who also tragically died in the crash. Aaron described the two friends