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 defective

Two fishermen, who were Latvian and Lithuanian, died when their car sank off Ros a Mhil Pier at around 9.30pm

A 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 shock

A Garda Foresnic team is carrying out a detailed examination of the scene at Ros a Mhil, which is understood to be a tragic accident

Superintendent Noel Kelly of Salthill Garda Station says that the possibility of the car being defective cannot be ruled out.