Heartbreak as tragic car crash victim Bobby McLean buried - just one day before his sister Isobel Fleming

Mr McLean, aged in his mid-80s, died last Saturday after a one-vehicle collision to the south-east of his home village of Bushmills.

It has now emerged that his sister is to be buried tomorrow too.

The funeral for Isobel Fleming will take place in St Patrick's Parish Church, Ballymoney, at 1.30pm tomorrow.

She died at home on Tuesday; it is understood she had been unwell for some time.

Mr McLean was a former school bus driver, and there had been an outpouring of warm words for him since his passing from hundreds of people across the area.

One of those attending his service in Dunluce Presbyterian Church today was DUP councillor Sharon McKillop from Bushmills.

She described him as a close family friend and said "the community is heartbroken", adding: "Bobby was a well-known and much-loved character, active in the community, full of humour and someone who brought laughter wherever he went.

"To many he was simply known as a legend - and rightly so.

"His loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him, and today was a powerful reminder of the mark he left with his warmth, kindness and wit."

She said the wider family "is going through a very difficult time" with the deaths of the two siblings so close together,.

A funeral notice for Isobel describes her as "dearly loved wife of the late Ross [and] much loved mother of Mark and Karl", as well as a great-grandmother and a sister to nine siblings (five of whom had pre-deceased her), among others.

The notice ends by quoting Psalm 23: "The Lord is my Shepherd."

She was also the leader and a trustee of a senior citizens’ club called the Ballymoney Evergreen Club, a charity registered in 2014.

One of those who remembers her brother Mr McLean is TUV vice chairman and Causeway councillor Allister Kyle – who used to be one of the children he drove to school.

"A very friendly man, he was well-thought-of by everyone in the local area,” he said.