Buncrana pier deaths: driver was three times over drink-drive limit

Pathologist unable to tell inquest ‘level of impairment’ Sean McGrotty had at time SUV slid off slipway in County Donegal

The driver of a SUV that came off a slipway in the Irish Republic, killing five members of a family from Derry, was three times over the drink-drive limit, an inquest into their deaths has heard.

Sean McGrotty, 49, was found to have 159 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The drink-drive limit in the Irish Republic is 50mg.

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