GARDA TO EXAMINE IF CAR IN ROSAVEAL WAS DEFECTIVE

Date Published: 03-Dec-2007

Gardaí are not ruling out the possibility that the car involved in the tragic drowning accident in Ros a Mhil last night may have been defectiveTwo fishermen, who were Latvian and Lithuanian, died when their car sank off Ros a Mhil Pier at around 9.30pmA third man, from Lithuania, who was in the car when it went off the pier managed to escape through the sunroof and is being treated for shockA Garda Foresnic team is carrying out a detailed examination of the scene at Ros a Mhil, which is understood to be a tragic accidentSuperintendent Noel Kelly of Salthill Garda Station says that the possibility of the car being defective cannot be ruled out.