Family members died in accident

An inquest in Magherafelt, Co Derry, returned findings yesterday in the case of four members of the same family that each death…

An inquest in Magherafelt, Co Derry, returned findings yesterday in the case of four members of the same family that each death was caused by severe injuries sustained as a result of a road accident.

In the collision, which involved a car and a lorry on the main Derry Belfast road outside Toome, a man, his two daughters and a niece died on August 18th, 1995. Harminder Pal Sandhu (34), his daughters Prabhjot (5) and Ananjot (2), and his niece, Harjot, also aged two, died at the scene on August 18th, 1995.

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