Family bids emotional farewell to father-of-three killed in tragic road accident

Mourners say Mircea Saban Rostas was a devoted father. Huge crowds thronged the cemetery at the funeral of Mircea Saban Rostas. Flowers are placed on the coffin of Mircea Saban Rostas. The family of road death victim Mircea Saban Rostas bid their final heartbreaking goodbyes to the slain father-of-three yesterday. The 33-year-old died after being struck by a BMW while standing on a footpath on Railway Street in Balbriggan on Monday, June 23. Footage of the emotional ceremony and burial were livestreamed on Facebook by the deceased man’s father, Bratian Rostas, to allow relatives from abroad pay their respects. Throughout the ceremony, hundreds of comments were posted expressing their condolences to the bereaved family.

Another mourner wrote: ‘May God rest you in peace and may God give you strength to overcome this trouble victoriously, brother Bratian.’ In the footage, dozens of Mircea’s family members could be seen openly sobbing as his flowers were laid on his coffin. Speaking at the site on Railway Street, where her brother was tragically died, Rahala Rostas, a nursing graduate, had previously described slain Mircea as being a devoted father, husband, brother and son. He was a good man, a peacekeeper, who would turn away from any row. Everyone in Balbriggan knew him, he lived here all his life and everyone who knew him knows how kind he was.

Rahala said her brother was a married man with three young children, an 11-year-old daughter and nine- and four-year-old sons. The background to tragic Mircea’s death cannot be divulged at present as a man is currently before the courts. On June 26, a neighbour of the deceased, 41-year-old Daniel Rostas, with an address at Hastings Green, Balbriggan, appeared before Dublin District Court charged with intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Mircea Rostas at Railway Street. He listened to the proceedings with the aid of a Romanian interpreter.

Mr Rostas, who is not related to the deceased, was wearing a black grey top, grey pants and black and white runners, and did not address the court. Judge Finan granted legal aid after noting that the accused was on a disability benefit and she added that the case would be listed for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions on the next date. He was remanded in custody for DPP directions after no bail application was made on his behalf.