“Kian was the most genuine, well mannered and unassuming young lad you could meet. He was a credit to Don Boscos but more importantly to his mum and dad, Fiona and Emmett.” Kian Dawson died in a tragic crash in Donegal Garda at the scene of the fatal accident in North Donegal.
(North West Newspix) A football club has paid tribute to a teenage boy who was killed in a crash in Co Donegal on Saturday night. Kian Dawson was out for a cross-border drive with his friend when tragedy struck. Another occupant of the vehicle, a man in his 20s, was receiving treatment for serious injuries.
Three people were also hospitalised in a second crash in Donegal within hours of the teenager’s death. The victim of the first collision, named locally as Kian Dawson, aged 16, had come from neighbouring Derry earlier in the evening along with his friend. Football-mad Kian, from Carnhill in the city, was a front-seat passenger in the car which crashed at Cross, Quigley's Point at 11.
15pm on Saturday. In a post on social media, Don Boscos Football Club described the teenager as “the most genuine, well mannered and unassuming young lad you could meet.” “We awoke this morning to the sad news that young Kian Dawson, a player in our 2007 group since the age of 5, had sadly passed after a road traffic accident last night in Donegal,” the club said.
“Kian and his father Emmett (a coach with our 2007s) have been an integral part of our club for many years, and have given us many wonderful and.