Five dead as car plunges off pier at Irish beauty spot

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Last Updated : Mar 21 2016 | 5:42 AM IST
Five people died after a car plunged off a pier at a beauty spot in Donegal in northeast Ireland, the coast guard said.
A sea and air rescue mission was mounted after reports that the car had fallen into the water at Buncrana, a popular tourist town on the bank of sea inlet Lough Swilly.
Five bodies, reportedly including three children, were recovered from the car. A young child was rescued and taken to hospital.
"We got an emergency call of a car that was off the pier at Buncrana," said a spokesman for the Irish coast guard at their nearby base in Malin Head yesterday.
"One young infant was rescued from the car and taken to the hospital... We retrieved five other members from the car."
Martin McGuinness, deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, posted on Twitter: "Very sad news of fatalities in an incident at Buncrana Pier tonight. Thoughts are with relatives of those involved and rescue services."
Police said the cause of the accident was not yet clear pending an investigation.

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First Published: Mar 21 2016 | 5:42 AM IST