'˜All of a sudden the car just went under the water, it was desperate'

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Mar 2016, 18:17 BST
Updated 21st Mar 2016, 18:22 BST
PACEMAKER BELFAST 21/03/2016 Flowers left at the Scene at the Pier in Buncrana Co Donegal, after Five people, including children, have died after a car went off a pier.Police said a man, a woman, two boys and another female, whose age is not yet known, died after the car entered the water at Buncrana on Sunday. A passer-by helped rescue a baby girl from the car. She is described as being in a stable condition in hospital. Picture Colm Lenaghan/ PacemakerPACEMAKER BELFAST 21/03/2016 Flowers left at the Scene at the Pier in Buncrana Co Donegal, after Five people, including children, have died after a car went off a pier.Police said a man, a woman, two boys and another female, whose age is not yet known, died after the car entered the water at Buncrana on Sunday. A passer-by helped rescue a baby girl from the car. She is described as being in a stable condition in hospital. Picture Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker
PACEMAKER BELFAST 21/03/2016 Flowers left at the Scene at the Pier in Buncrana Co Donegal, after Five people, including children, have died after a car went off a pier.Police said a man, a woman, two boys and another female, whose age is not yet known, died after the car entered the water at Buncrana on Sunday. A passer-by helped rescue a baby girl from the car. She is described as being in a stable condition in hospital. Picture Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker
A man who was at the scene of Sunday night's tragedy in Buncrana has spoken of the terrible events he witnessed.

Francis Crawford spoke to the Derry Journal in this video.

The family were on a day trip to Buncrana, Co Donegal when their Audi Q7 car slid off a slip way into Lough Swilly on Sunday evening.

Sean McGrotty, 46, was with sons Mark, 12, and Evan, eight, in the sports utility-type vehicle along with his mother-in-law Ruth Daniels, 57, and her 15-year-old daughter Jodie Lee.

The only survivor was four-month-old baby girl Rionaghac-Ann.

Some people may find details of the interview upsetting.

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