Police said a man, a lady and three kids passed on after the auto entered the water at Buncrana on Sunday.
A bystander rescueed a four month old child young lady from the auto. She is depicted as being in a steady condition in doctor's facility.
It is comprehended the general population in the auto were from Londonderry.
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Picture inscription An examination concerning the reason for the catastrophe is in progress
Supt Colm Nevin told a public interview at 12:00 GMT on Monday that they are regarding the occurrence as "an extremely sad mishap".
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"I might want to thank the general population who provided to the with some much needed help of these individuals the previous evening in their season of misery, especially the nearby individual that took the child from the vehicle," he said.
"Doubtlessly he displayed outstanding dauntlessness.
Supt Nevin additionally affirmed that they trust the casualties are from the Derry zone and that the child young lady who was saved is four months old.
'Get the child'
One stunned observer, Francis Crawford, told BBC Radio Foyle he felt "powerless".
"I called 999, I clarified there was an auto in the water and there's a family in it that will be sinking," he said.
"A fella came over and I inquired as to whether he could swim, he peeled off to his clothing and took off and it was incredible that he did.
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Picture inscription Supt Colm Nevin said it was one of the greatest tragedies to hit north Donegal
"He was completely depleted, I think in the event that he had another five yards to go I don't perceive how he could have made it.
"He was yelling 'get the infant, snatch the child'. He was taken to healing center, he was cut and distinctive things however exceptionally brave and he spared the small infant's life."
"All the time the auto was bobbling about," Mr Crawford said, "and I was daring to dream that the auto would stay up until the general population came.
"I was viewing the auto and the nose of it began to plunge and after that out of the blue the entire auto just went down nose first and everything ceased. It was nerve racking and heart twisting... feeling miserable and vulnerable, nothing you can do."
John McCarter of the RNLI said it was a nerve racking scene.
"It's a totally terrible incident here," he said.
"I have never seen anything on this scale in Lough Swilly in my lifetime - simply the sheer size of it and the way that it has happened quite recently actually on our shoreline.
"In any case, then, when you are managing the ocean, it doesn't generally make a difference where you are. It's a hazardous spot.
"It is an extremely troubling thing to manage any sort of catastrophe, yet especially where kids are included."
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Picture inscription The Irish Coastguard have propelled a noteworthy pursuit and salvage operation after what they are portraying as a "disaster"
Sinn Féin councilor Jack Murray said inquiries are presently being asked concerning whether the auto entered the water on account of the wharf's dangerous surface.
"It is by all accounts the case that the auto was attempting to move and it then begun to descend on green growth and it began to go into the water.
"I live near the dock, there were near 100 individuals there seeking after preferred news over they got.
"There was a helicopter out on the (Lough) Swilly, it did a spotlight pursuit and it turned out to be clear reasonably soon that there wouldn't be survivors."
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Buncrana councilor Rena Donaghy called it "a disaster of huge extent".
"It's difficult to take in that simply a question of hours back, Buncrana was humming with individuals who were down from Derry and past to appreciate the stunning climate," she said.
"It was so grand and cheerful and now joy has swung to catastrophe."
The Irish Coastguard dispatched a noteworthy inquiry and salvage operation after what it portrayed as a "catastrophe".
The coastguard helicopter and nearby angling pontoons were included in the salvage. Police, ambulances and flame detachment likewise hurried to the scene.
Picture inscription Police, ambulances and flame detachment raced to the scene on Sunday night
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said: "My considerations and petitions to God are with those influenced by the overwhelming catastrophe developing in Buncrana tonight.
"Our musings and thankfulness should likewise be with the crisis administrations who have needed to manage this heartbreaking circumstance."
The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane locale committee, Elisha McCallion, said she would be opening a book of sympathy in the coming days.
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