Hundreds of mourners have gathered for the funeral of three members of the same family killed when a bin lorry crashed into Christmas shoppers in Glasgow.

Erin McQuade, 18, and her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68 and Lorraine Sweeney, 69, all died when the out-of-control refuse vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in the city's George Square three days before Christmas.

Some 700 people packed in to St Patrick's RC Church in Dumbarton, where the family live, for a joint requiem mass for the teenager and her grandparents, with more mourners standing outside.

Three hearses filled with white roses lined the pavement outside the church.

Erin, who was in her first year studying English literature at Glasgow University, had been out Christmas shopping with her family when the crash happened.

Her mother, Jacqueline, was just yards away from her daughter and parents as the disaster unfolded. She arrived at the church holding hands with her 14-year-old son Aidan.

Erin had three younger siblings. Her 15-year-old brother Liam and six-year-old sister Niamh walked into the church alongside their father Matthew.

The service was led by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia.

He told the congregation that the accident had piled "tragedy on tragedy and sadness on sadness" for the family.

He said: "Jack and Lorraine's daughters, Jacqueline and Yvonne are also Erin's heart-broken mum and sorrowing aunt. This is a family devastated by the tragic deaths all at once of three much-loved members.

"They were struck down in front of Jacqueline's eyes. A festive and happy Christmas shopping excursion to Glasgow had become the worst of nightmares. What happened was random, cruel and meaningless."

Archbishop Tartaglia said the Sweeneys had been "very happily married" for over 45 years and described Erin as a "light-hearted, caring, family-loving girl".

There were also readings from relatives Elizabeth McQuade and Hazel McQuade.

Jack and Lorraine Sweeney were well known in Dumbarton. Mourners said their loss has affected everyone in the town.

The crash also led to the deaths of Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, 51-year-old Jacqueline Morton from Glasgow and 29-year-old primary school teacher Stephenie Tait.

Three people, one believed to be the driver of the lorry, remain in hospital following the tragedy.

Investigations into the crash are continuing.

Reporter Becky Johnson says it is a tragedy that has touched the whole of Scotland.

Originally published at 11.43am