Tragedy in Hungary – Father and daughter die as car sinks in lake

An ideal family vacation ended up in a real nightmare within minutes in Hungary last Friday.

The family of four arrived at the lake next to Nyékládháza, Borsod county, that afternoon. The place is quite popular among locals, as it is a great fishing and swimming spot. As school came to an end, the parents took their children here, wrote Blikk.

As night approached, they all went to sleep: the mother and the elder child went to their tent, while the father and the younger girl got comfortable in their car. The car was parked near the water, next to a tree – supposedly because of the shade of the tree.

Around 11 PM, however, the car started moving from its parked position, and after rolling a few meters ahead, it dived straight into the water, where it sunk instantly not far from the shore, it sunk three meters deep.

“The police were lighting up the lake with their searchlights, spent the whole night here. We later came to find out that two people lost their lives,” a fisherman, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Blikk. “The other half of the family was camping further away from the lake. The poor woman was in shock when I saw her.” He adds that three fishermen tried to help, but because of the rolled down windows, the car was already filled with water, so they did not succeed.