Mother and Six-Year-Old Daughter Ella McLaughlin Die in Car and Van Crash on R240 Carndonagh, Three Others Seriously Injured

A fatal road traffic collision occurred on the evening of July 2, 2025, on the R240 near Carndonagh in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, involving a car and a van. A six-year-old girl named Ella McLaughlin died in the crash, and three other individuals were seriously injured, with at least one child among those in critical condition. The girl's mother, Natalie McLaughlin, who was in her 20s and driving the car, succumbed to her injuries in hospital the following day. Local authorities have appealed for witnesses to the incident. The community in Donegal has expressed grief over the deaths of the mother and daughter, who were described as a "lovely family."