Three children are among several people feared dead after a car plunged into the sea at a beauty spot in Ireland.
Five people are believed to have drowned and one person has been rescued after a car went over the end of Buncrana Pier in Co.Donegal in north-western Ireland.
The Irish Mirror reports two adults and three children have died with an infant being rescued from the water after being somehow thrown from the car in the incident at 7:15pm on Sunday.
The child has now been rushed to hospital but their condition is unknown.
It is currently unclear whether the people in the car were all members of one family.
Several emergency response teams attended the scene - including a Rescue 118 helicopter from nearby Co.Sligo.
The Irish coastguard confirmed an infant had been thrown from the water and said the incident was a "tragic accident".
Locals have said there have been a number of incidents where cars get into difficulty near the pier in recent months as the slipway has been covered in a thick layer of algae, the Irish Independent reports.
A Garda spokesman said emergency crews were still at the scene.
He said: "Gardai and emergency services are at the scene of an incident that occurred at Buncrana pier this evening.
“A car entered the water and a search of the area is currently ongoing.
"No further information at present."
An eyewitness told Donegal Daily: "I am looking at a number of people, I don't know how many yet and they are covered with blankets.
"Nobody knows what happened. It is just so sad, so distressing".
