Prayers for crash dad and daughter

THE twin sister of a man who lost his partner and daughter in a road crash told how they are praying for him and the couple's other daughter to recover.

- BY STEPHEN MAGUIRE

Natalie McLaughlin and six-year-old Ella were killed following a collision between a car and a van at Glentogher, Co Donegal, on Wednesday.

Ella died at the scene while her mum, who was in her 20s, passed away the following day at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

Natalie's partner Tyrone Irwin and the couples other daughter two-year-old Rhea-Rose are still being treated in hospital.

Today, his twin Shannon revealed he is now out of the Intensive Care Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.

She wrote on social media: "My twin brother has now moved out of ICU which is great, but it's going to be a long road, he's not out of the woods.