A tight-knit community has been rocked this weekend.
Five people lost their lives when a vehicle slipped into Lough Swilly from a pier in the picturesque village of Buncrana, devastating the small community.
Sean McGrotty (49), his young sons Mark (12) and Evan (8), his mother-in-law Ruth Daniels (59) and her daughter Jodi Lee Daniels (14) were killed in the accident.
It is understood that on realising that the family were in grave danger, a local man entered the water and managed to save a four-month-old baby girl after she was handed to him from within the vehicle.
The infant is now being treated in Letterkenny University Hospital.
Gardaí have now released a statement thanking the public for their help, in particular the man who entered the water:
“I would like to thank the public, particularly to the local person who took the baby from the vehicle.
“We are appealing for witnesses. We have a number of witnesses who have come forward, but if there are other witnesses I would like them to come forward to Buncrana garda station.”
Supt Colm Nevin has said the baby girl rescued from the car in Buncrana is doing very well in hospitalhttps://t.co/NmQ3gsIQqa
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 21, 2016
