LACKAGH COMMUNITY DEVASTATED BY YOUNG JOCKEYS DEATH

Date Published: 06-Sep-2009

The Lackagh and Claregalway community is in shock and mourning this morning as they wait for confirmation that a young local man was killed in a fire in England.The family of Irish apprentice jockey 18 year old, Jamie Kyne from Kiltrogue, say they're "devastated and shocked".A young woman, also believed to be an apprentice jockey is thought to have died in the fire at an apartment block in North Yorkshire.Police haven't yet confirmed their identities, but the teenagers have been missing since the inferno gutted the block of flats early yesterday morning.Two more people in the block - also believed to be apprentice jockeys - were taken to hospital to be treated for burns and smoke inhalation.Jamie Kyne, son of Gerry and Madeline, had gone to work in England 18 months ago.His family run Kiltrogue Stud Farm.