€1.3m settlement for family car rental accident

AN AMERICAN family whose hire car crashed killing three members of the family and seriously injuring two others, settled their actions for damages yesterday for a total of €1.3 million.

The Devane family had been travelling to Shannon from Connemara at the end of their holiday to travel home, when their car went out of control and crashed into a stone pillar at Galway, 10 years ago.

Mary Teresa Devane, 31, and her two daughters Elaine, nine, and Christine, eight, were killed and two other children, Brenda, five, and toddler Michael and the car driver Martin Devane were seriously injured.