Maura Higgins remembered her late best friend, Andrew Rowan, in an emotional tribute on his anniversary.
The Love Island star's pal Andrew died aged 26 after his motorbike collided with three cars in Athlone, Co Westmeath, in 2017.
Maura marked the fourth anniversary of his death on Instagram with a throwback black-and-white snap of her and Andrew, saying: “Love you always."
She captioned the post: “Another year has passed…. but you’ll always be in my heart, because in there you’re still alive.”
The 30-year-old previously told how she was left devastated after her pal’s horror crash.
She opened up about her heartbreak and recalled that the moment she found out was a total "blur" as she went into shock.
Maura said that Andrew had asked her to go for dinner but she declined.
She said: "For so long, I used to think that if I had gone for dinner with him that day, when he had asked, he wouldn't have been on that motorbike.
"My family kept saying to me, 'Maura, you can't think like this, it was going to happen', but I just kicked myself for so long and got worked up about it for so long."
"It was a blur, I think I was in shock for a lot of it. I didn't break down properly until late into that night," Maura explained to Life magazine .
"I was still sitting on my sofa and James [ex boyfriend] was with me, and I remember something came into my head and just hit me, and I couldn't physically breathe.
“I was having such a panic attack. It took me a long, long time to be okay again."
Maura shared a tribute on her Instagram to her friend just days after he died writing: "Words will never ever explain the heartbreak my best-friend, my brother, my rock my world will never ever be the same without you. I Love you maddog."
During a previous interview with the Longford Leader, Maura’s mother Sharon opened up about Andrew’s death and how it affected her daughter.
She said: “That was a very, very tough year for Maura. She really took that hard.”
“She reckons he’s always going to be her angel. The last thing she did before she left for Love Island was visit Andrew’s grave to speak to him.”
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