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Paul Healy

Sligo train tragedy survivor 'will never forget' what aunt said in final moments

A woman who survived being hit by a train in Sligo has paid a devastating tribute to her aunt who died in the horror tragedy.

Rebecca McLoughlin and her aunt Jessica McLoughlin were both hit by an Irish Rail train at Ballisodare, Co Sligo yesterday afternoon. The horror tragedy claimed mother of four Jessica’s life and saw Rebecca rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

And now in a heartbreaking post to social media, Rebecca said “why couldn’t it have been me.”

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