The grieving mother of Leona Harper told how a digger driver refused to stop working until he located her girl’s body 24 hours after an explosion claimed her life.
Donna and Hugh, the devastated parents of the tragic 14-year-old, yesterday remembered their daughter as a “gem” as they try to come to grips with her shocking loss.
Leona and pal were heading to a sleepover in her friend’s house, and were choosing an ice-cream at the Applegreen filling station in Creeslough, Co Donegal, when disaster struck last Friday afternoon.
