Father and two children die as car enters water in Donegal

A father and his two children have died after a car entered the water in County Donegal, Irish police have said.
By Jonathan McCambridge
Published 21st Aug 2020, 08:37 BST
Emergency services at the scene in DonegalEmergency services at the scene in Donegal
Emergency services at the scene in Donegal

The Gardai said the incident happened on Thursday night at 10:20pm after the vehicle skidded off the road atThree Trees, Quigleys Point.

A six-year-old girl, a boy aged 14 and a 49-year-old man who was driving the car, died at the scene.

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A 45-year-old woman managed to get out of the car and and sought help.

She is being treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to the Irish police.

In a statement, they said the car had been travelling from the village of Muff in Donegal towards Quigley’s Point before the crash.

Gardaí said the driver “lost control and the vehicle skidded across the road and down the embankment and plunged into the water”.

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The woman was sitting in the front passenger seat and both children were in the rear seat of the car.

Gardaí and emergency services arrived at the scene and brought her to Letterkenny University Hospital.

The bodies of the three people who died were later recovered from the water and taken to the hospital’s mortuary where post mortems will take place.

Gardaí have appealed to anyone who saw a Black Mitsubishi ASX in the area, or who has dash cam footage of the road at the time, to contact them.

The vehicle’s registration number is 11 DL 1566.