GAA club and school's prayers for young girl critically injured in road traffic accident
A Causeway Coast GAA Club and school have said they are praying for a young girl who was critically injured in a road traffic collision on Monday, November 10.
The girl sustained critical injuries following a road traffic collision on the Boleran Road involving a lorry shortly before 4pm.
Police alongside the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service attended the scene.
In a statement on Monday evening, the PSNI added: “The girl remains in hospital at this time being treated for injuries which are described as critical.”
The Boleran Road re-opened on Tuesday morning (November 11).
Ballerin GAA club posted on social media on Monday evening: “We ask our community to come together to pray for a young member who was injured in an accident this evening.”
There was widespread support from the wider GAA community with messages from clubs like Roger Casements GAC Portglenone who posted: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the young girl from Ballerin, her family, and the entire Ballerin GAA & wider community. From everyone at Roger Casements GAC & LGFA, Portglenone — God bless you all.”
St Ergnats GAC Moneyglass said: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the young girl, her family and the Ballerin community this evening.”
On Tuesday, November 11, Loreto College in Coleraine posted on its Facebook page that the school community was praying for their Year 9 student.
The post said: “As a school community and Loreto family we hold in prayer our Year 9 student, Sofia Mullan. We pray for her healing and recovery.
"We also pray for her parents, siblings, and wider family circle. We pray too for all those caught up in last night’s accident, especially the driver of the lorry and all the emergency services who attended the scene. We entrust them all into God’s hands.
"We ask God to guide the healing ministry of the doctors and nurses in The Royal Hospital for Sick Children who are caring for Sofia at this time. “May Mary enfold them with her maternal mantle and may they feel God’s presence in the help and support of others in the difficult days ahead.”