Glenavy crash: Funeral details of 'beloved' Layla Douglas and Mikey Brown announced following tragic Co Antrim road collision
The young woman who died in a Co Antrim road tragedy which also claimed the life of a 22-year-old man is to be laid to rest on Saturday in Magherafelt.
Layla Douglas was travelling in a Cupra Formentor with Mikey Brown when it was in collision with another vehicle on the Lurgan Road, Glenavy area on Saturday evening.
Both were tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the other car, a Skoda Fabia, was transferred to hospital for treatment to his injuries.
A funeral service for Layla will be held in Magherafelt Free Presbyterian Church, Mullaghboy Hill Road at 10.30am on Saturday..
She will be laid to rest after the service in Polepatrick Cemetery, Magherafelt.
A family notice remembers Layla as the “beloved daughter of David and Nina, loving sister of David, granddaughter of David and Mary and Doreen and Peter, niece of Jamie, Helen Ann and Marie.”
Meanwhile, the funeral of Mikey Brown, who was from Crumlin Road, Glenavy, will be held on Thursday.
He is remembered as “dearly beloved son of Michael and Theresa. Loved brother of Lilly, Becky, Helen and the late Luke Martin. Loving uncle to two nephews and two nieces and a special nephew to his aunts and uncles”.
His funeral will be from his family home at 11.30am, to St. Joseph’s Church for 12 o’clock Requiem Mass, followed by burial in adjoining cemetery.
A family notice reads: “Flowers welcome.
"Mikey will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his mother, father and sisters. Reunited with his brother. Deeply missed by the Brown and Price family circle.”
Following the collision, many online tributes have been paid to both victims.
A local priest described the double fatality as “a terrible tragedy which no one can rewind”.
Canon Colm McBride, from St Joseph's Church described the tragic loss of the two young lives as “very, very sad” and “a terrible waste”.
Speaking to the BBC, he said the dreadful news had been “totally unexpected”.
Canon McBride said the tragedy would “affect people deeply” in the area.
Police have called for witnesses to the collision to come forward.
Chief Inspector Simpson of the PSNI’s Collision Investigation Unit said: “Our enquiries are continuing, and we would appeal to anyone who witnessed the collision, or who may have digital footage which could assist with our investigation, to contact the Collision Investigation Unit on 101, quoting reference number 1121 22/11/25.”