"Every Parent's Worst Nightmare" - Three Westmeath People Die In Malaga Crash

From left to right: Ian McCullagh, Amy McCullagh, Michaela Newcombe, and Mark McCullagh.

A fourth person is seriously injured after the incident near Malaga.

Three Westmeath people have lost their lives in a crash in Spain.

Mullingar's Amy McCullagh, Mark McCullagh, and Michaela Newcombe died in the incident which took place in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Reports indicate the car they were travelling in broke through a crash barrier and fell 100 feet down an embankment.

The sole survivor, 31 year old Ian McCullagh, had to be cut out of the vehicle by emergency services.

It's believed all four are from Mullingar and were there on holiday.

One affected family is from Ballynacarrigy, and Longford Westmeath TD Minister Robert Troy says the community will do everything it can to support them:

Fergal MacErlean is a freelance reporter based in Malaga, he describes what happened:

Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee, says her department is providing consular assistance:

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