Funeral details released for tragic Josh Fletcher - teen killed in weekend horror cow smash after being cured of a rare blood disorder

The teen died after a weekend road collision near Lisburn.

Police said the engineering student’s car left the road following striking a cow - and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Earlier family friend Gaye Kerr paid tribute to the former Wallace High School pupil as the “most well-mannered and well-adjusted young man you could ever meet”.

Ms Kerr said that despite having to battle Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) for most of his young life, Josh never once felt sorry for himself – and always remembered those who had helped him on his harrowing journey.

“He had to fight from the day he was born,” Ms Kerr said.

“That wee boy fought so hard to stay on this earth with his bone marrow transplant from his sister Jodie.

“For all he came through, it was never a case of ‘poor Josh’ or ‘why me?’ He just go on with it and he enjoyed life to the full.”

A death notice in Funeral Times says that ‘Joshua Alexander Fletcher’ died suddenly on October 18 ‘as the result of an accident’.

It adds that “a service of thanksgiving will be held on Wednesday at 3.00pm, at Maze Presbyterian Church and afterwards to adjoining graveyard”.

It adds that social distancing guidelines are to be to be observed.

The post adds that was a ‘loving and much loved son to Joe and Julie, dear brother to Adam and Jodie’.

It adds that he is the ‘adored Grandson of Stanley and Hazel Swan, Betty and the late Joey Fletcher’.

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