The late Siobhan Hutcheon.
Tributes are being paid to the Derry woman who was killed when the car she was driving was involved in a collision with a bus in Co Donegal yesterday afternoon.
The young mum, named locally as Siobhan Hutcheon, originally from Derry but living in Ardmore Manor in Muff just across the border in Inishowen, died instantly in the collision involving a Bus Eireann coach.
The accident occurred at around 3.30pm in the townland of Ardee near Newtowncunningham on the main N3 Derry to Letterkenny road.
Three of the dead woman’s children, who were travelling with her at the time, were also injured.
They were taken to Altnagelvin Hospital from where one has since been transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for treatment.
Mrs Hutcheon, who was in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is understood they were travelling for a bank holiday break in the family’s mobile home in Co. Donegal when the accident occurred.
The bus driver was uninjured.
The road was closed for several hours while Gardai accident investigators carried out an detailed examination of the scene.
Those who knew Mrs Hutcheon have been paying tribute to her via social media.
One comment on the Derry Daily Facebook page says: “An amazing woman with a heart of gold.”
Another says: “She was an amazing woman, wonderful mother and loving wife, and the best friend anyone could ever have.”
Mrs Hutcheon’s death brings to six the number of people killed on the same stretch of road in the last five years.
All the victims, including Mrs Hutcheon, were prayed for at the local All Saints Church in Manorcunningham today.
Last night, local county councillor Paul Canning, who lives close to the scene of the crash, revealed there was a plan to look at straightening the dangerous stretch of road.
The road comes into a series of tight bends from two straight and long stretches from both the Letterkenny and Derry directions.
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