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Funeral to be held for Valerie Armstrong

 Mother-of-three Valerie Armstrong died in hospital after a collision with a scrambler motorbike in Colin Glen forest park
 Mother-of-three Valerie Armstrong died in hospital after a collision with a scrambler motorbike in Colin Glen forest park  Mother-of-three Valerie Armstrong died in hospital after a collision with a scrambler motorbike in Colin Glen forest park

A mother-of-three who died after she was struck by a scrambler motorbike is to be laid to rest on Monday.

Valerie Armstrong, from Poleglass in west Belfast, died at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She had been knocked down by a scrambler on Tuesday evening while walking her dog in Colin Glen park.

Her funeral will leave her Colinbrook Park home on Monday for Requiem Mass at 1pm in the Church of the Nativity in Poleglass. Burial will follow afterwards at Blaris Cemetery in Lisburn.

Mrs Armstrong, who was originally from Co Westmeath, is survived by her husband Seamus and three young children, Dylan, Lucy and Sophie-Belle.

Fr Vincent Cushnahan, from the Nativity parish in Poleglass, said the death was a "tremendous tragedy".

"Three young children, the eldest son being nine years of age and two younger daughters who will find it very difficult to grow up without their mother in their lives," Fr Cushnahan said.

A 17-year-old has been charged in connection with her death. The youth, who cannot be named because of his age, is accused of causing death by dangerous driving and having no insurance.

Meanwhile, Colin Glen's weekly Saturday parkrun has been cancelled as a mark of respect to the Armstrong family.