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She told Omagh Coroner's Court they then searched for Nathan Gault who was missing, but his body was not discovered until later when the police arrived. A third teenager who was walking with the pair, Wayne Manley, was unhurt. Ms McIntyre said after the ambulance took her second cousin away she and her partner returned home to change because they were covered in blood and went to the hospital. The next day they were told that Debbie Whyte was brain dead, and all the family were there to say their goodbyes.

A lawyer for the Whyte family offered "their deep gratitude," for what Ms McIntyre did to try to save Debbie. Two sisters of Yvonne Seaman, the driver of the car that hit the children, have also been giving evidence. They were asked about mobile phone calls to them from the driver. Margaret Jane Burleigh said she took a call when Yvonne Seaman had stopped her car on another road. Another sister, Florence Graydon, said she noticed a missed call after she got home after the children were knocked down.

Search Search. Menu Sections. The driver of a car that collided with three teenage school children - fatally injuring two of them - in Co Fermanagh wept in court as she recollected the moment of impact. Y vonne Seaman apologised to the families of Debbie Whyte 14 and Nathan Gault 15 at the end of her evidence on the opening day of an inquest into their deaths, saying she was sorry the crash had ever happened. This second inquest was ordered by the Attorney General after the two families raised a number of concerns.

Ms Seaman broke down in tears after counsel for the Coroner Suzanne Anderson, sitting in Omagh Court, asked her about the moments before the crash. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter. Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. The court heard that Debbie Whyte, Nathan Gault and another friend, Wayne Manley, got off a school bus around 6pm and were walking three abreast along part of the Croaghrim Road which was unlit when they were struck by the car.

Nathan died at the scene. His remains were discovered in a garden belonging to his uncle some time after the collision. Ms Seaman made an emotional apology to the families, saying: "I would like the families to know how sorry I am this ever happened. In her evidence, Ms Seaman said she couldn't remember much of the events of that day, including when she arrived at her sister's house, or when she left to go to her own house, which was when the collision took place.

Nor was she certain about the exact time she made phone calls to another sister, but she insisted she had stopped at a lay-by outside a shop to make the calls. Sgt Hicks admitted yesterday that it had been the first time she had investigated a fatal collision involving pedestrians. She told the inquest sitting in Laganside Court that she had not interviewed Ms Seaman at the crash scene as she had been gathering information. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter.

Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. Constable Paul Morgan breathalysed the driver who returned a negative reading and she was allowed to go home. All three teenagers had got off a school bus around 6pm and Sgt Hicks admitted that she hadn't spoken to the bus driver or seized the tachograph to prove the time they were dropped off.

Knowing what I know now I should have been more specific," she said. She said that she had initially believed the collision had occurred at 6. That is truly regrettable and I'm sorry," she said. The inquest had also scrutinised the mobile phone activity of Ms Seaman who made two unanswered calls to her sister, Florence Graydon, while parked in a nearby lay-by shortly before the crash.

No evidence of these two calls was found during an examination of Ms Seaman's phone.