THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIED FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT ON LACKEN STRAND ON SUNDAY HAS BEEN NAMED  AS 25 YEAR OLD EDEL PAMELA DOYLE, OF 178 GREENHILLS ESTATE, BALLINA.

MS DOYLE HAD BEEN A PILLION PASSENGER ON A BEACH  BUGGY, WHICH WAS BEING DRIVEN BY A 29-YEAR-OLD MALE FRIEND ON LACKEN STRAND AROUND 2.30PM  ON SUNDAY, WHEN THE VEHICLE GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES.

BOTH WERE RUSHED BY AMBULANCE TO MAYO GENERAL HOSPITAL IN CASTLEBAR, WHERE MS DOYLE DIED IN INTENSIVE CARE AT AROUND 8PM.

THE DRIVER OF THE BUGGY IS SAID TO BE IN A "SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION".

THE BEACH BUGGY INVOLVED HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN TO BALLINA GARDA STATION FOR A PSV INVESTIGATION.

EDEL PAMELA WAS INVOLVED IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ORGANISATION AND WON A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE WORLD SPECIAL OLYMPIC GAMES IN CHINA IN 2007.

HER REMAINS WILL BE REPOSING AT MCGOWAN’S FUNERAL HOME IN BALLINA TOMORROW EVENING FROM 4’CLOCK  WITH REMOVAL AT 6 O’CLOCK TO ST MURDEACH’S CATHEDRAL, BALLINA. SHE WILL BE LAID TO REST AFTER 2 O’CLOCK REQUIEM MASS  IN LEIGUE CEMETRY ON THURSDAY.