A joint funeral was held on Monday for nurse Natalie McLaughlin and her six-year-old daughter Ella.

The collision, involving a van and a car, took place on the R240 at Carrowmore in Glentogher, Carndonagh before 6.30pm on Wednesday.

The driver and sole occupant, a woman in her 40s, was transferred to Letterkenny University Hospital, where she remains in a serious condition.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after the incident near Clonmany on Wednesday

Alana Harkin and Thomas Gallagher, both 18, died when the car they were travelling in left the road and ploughed into a wooded area

The victims have been named locally as Alana Harkin and Thomas Gallagher, both 18 and from Gleneely on the Inishowen peninsula.