Bystander sues family of Buncrana tragedy victims

A Derry newspaper has reported that the family of victims of the Buncrana Pier tragedy have received a claim against the deceased’s estate from a woman who helped at the scene.

Sean McGrotty, aged 48, and his sons, Mark, 12, and Evan, 8, along with the boys’ grandmother, Ruth Daniels, 58, and their aunt, Jodie-Lee, 14, died on March 20, 2016.

The sole survivor of the accident was Mr McGrotty’s baby daughter, who was four months old at the time. She was saved by passer-by Davitt Walsh, who swam to the jeep and rescued the baby before it went under water.