A businessman (49) and his two children, aged 14 and six, have died in a tragic crash in Co Donegal.
The crash happened on the Inishowen peninsula when a car skidded off the road and went into Lough Foyle.
They have been named as John Mullan (49) from Moville, Tomas (14) and six-year-old Amelia.
It happened at Three Trees, Quigley’s point, just after 10pm on Thursday.
Last night our Firefighters attended an incident in Donegal where three people tragically lost their lives.The thoughts of everyone in NIFRS are with their family, friends and the wider community.
Posted by Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service on Friday, 21 August 2020
In a statement, Gardaí said the car had been travelling from Muff towards Quigley’s Point just before the crash.
According to police, the driver ‘lost control and the vehicle skidded across the road and down the embankment and plunged into the water.’
The children’s mother was rescued and taken to Letterkenny University Hospital where her condition is believed to be non-life threatening.
The bodies of the man and two children have been taken to Letterkenny Hospital where postmortems are expected to get under way today (Friday).
21/08/20 MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA..Emergency services at the scene of tragic accident on the road between Muff and Quigleys Point in North East Donegal, it is believed a man and two children have died after the car they were travelling in entered Lough Foyle pic.twitter.com/e3WCFAI96b
— Kevin McAuley (@KMcAuleyPhoto) August 21, 2020