Niall Horan Friend Dies, One Direction Fans Trend 'RIP Quentin'
By Mia Smith | Aug 19, 2012 07:03 PM EDT
Niall Horan of One Direction mourned over his friend Quentin Reilly's death today on Twitter. Two other friends who were injured in the car accident are in the hospital recovering from injuries. One Direction fans helped to spread the word about this tragedy and RIP Quentin trended worldwide.
Horan tweeted, "#PrayForMullingarBoys , hope the lads make a full recovery , also quentin will be missed , thoughts with the reilly family at this time."
After the news came out about Horan's death, #StayStrongNiall trended causing a backlash from Twitter users criticizing the fans to support the victim's family rather than Horan. Soon, #PrayForMullingarBoys and #RIPQuentin also started to trend.