news 8/3
Dad held dying 17-year-old daughter in his arms after car crash on her way to prom
hold in his arm: お父さんの腕の中で
The dad of a teen girl killed in a horror car crash en route to her prom held his little girl in his arms as she passed away.
Kiea McCann, 17, was riding with Dlava Mohammed, 16, when their car collided with a tree just outside Clones in Ireland's County Monaghan on Monday night. Last night it emerged that Kiea's heartbroken dad Frankie tenderly held his daughter as her life left her after he arrived at the scene not long after the impact.
horror = 恐怖の、ゾッとする
en route = on the way to
pass away = 亡くなる
little girl = 小さな女の子（幼女・少女）
collide [kəláid] =ぶつかる、衝突する
emerge = 表面に出てくる、現れる、出現する
tenderly [tendərlē] = 優しく
The students from Largy College were en route to their Debs party - a formal ball for final year secondary school students - usually called a "prom" in the UK and US. As they made their way to a nearby hotel where the prom was being held, their vehicle skidded off the road due to the treacherous, wet conditions.
Before the fatal journey, Kiea's parents told how their daughter and her pals had held a party at their home before they went off to enjoy the major milestone. Speaking to the Irish Independent, Frankie said: “There was great excitement in the house before they went out. We had food and Champagne and balloons and it was going to be a great night.”
a formal ball = 公式なダンスパーティー、プロム
secondary school = 中等学校
make way = 向かう
skid = 車が)スリップする
treacherous = 〔足場などが〕不安定な、〔場所・状況・環境などが〕危険な
fatal = 致命的な
told how~ = 様子を語った
pal = 親友（最近はあまり使わない） pals / 複数
milestone = 道標、節目
Champagne = シャンパン
Her mother Teresa added Kiea and Dlava had been best friends for years. She said: “She was great to everybody. It will be hard on all the young people. Hard on all the friends.”
The driver, who is in his 60s, is a friend who offered them a lift. He and another teenage girl were also left in a critical condition in hospital. The girl’s condition is now said to be stable while a teenage boy left with non-life threatening injuries is expected to make a full recovery, reports the Irish Mirror.
threatening [θrɛtʌnɪŋ] : 険悪な、悪いことが起こりそうな
injuries : (事故などによる)傷害、損傷
with non-life threatening injuries : 命にかかわらない怪我をおう
