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Hundreds attend funeral of school teacher killed in bin lorry tragedy

Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a Glasgow church today for the funeral of a primary school teacher killed in the bin lorry crash tragedy.

Stephenie Tait, aged 29, is the last of the six victims to be laid to rest.

She died just days before Christmas alongside Jack and Lorraine Sweeney and their granddaughter Erin McQuade, Gillian Ewing, and Jacqueline Morton, 51.

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Mourners pay respects to family killed in bin lorry crash

Mourners gathered at St Patrick's RC Church in Dumbarton today to pay their final respects to three members of the same family who were killed when a bin lorry crashed into Glasgow shoppers three days before Christmas.

During the service Archbishop Tartaglia described the deaths of Erin McQuade, 18, and her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68 and Lorraine Sweeney, 69, as "cruel and meaningless."

ITV News' Scotland correspondent Debbie Edward reports:

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