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A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy died after being hit by a car in Laois this afternoon.
In a statement tonight, Gardaí said they attended a scene of a fatal collision at Kilminchy, Portlaoise earlier today.
They described the incident, which happened at 4.20pm, as a “collision involving a pedestrian and a car”.
The young boy was taken to Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise in a serious condition. He was pronounced dead a short time later. A post-mortem will be held shortly.
The driver of the car was a woman in her 40s. Gardaí said she was not injured.
The road will remain closed overnight and a technical examination will be carried out my forensics tomorrow.
Gardaí are also appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them.
Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co. Laois between 4pm and 5pm are asked to make this footage available to investigating gardaí.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Portlaoise Garda Station on 057 867 4100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
Earlier today, a man in his 20s died in a collision involving a quad bike and motorcycle.
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RIP little one. Awful sad.
RIP little angel. So heartbreaking to hear this news.
God love you son,RIP, condolences to your family,friends and your community.
God bless that young lad and he family there is no words to describe what they must be going through. But that woman that was driving must also be in a bad way. What a horrible situation
Terrible tragedy.
Makes your heart sink to hear this very sad news.
God bless the family.
That’s more of it …
the fundamental problem with driving in Ireland is that, the quality of driving lessons, tests, exams is really low. The state produce bad drivers, because the criteria to pass the exam are too low.
You can increase speed limits, and all of that. But this won’t change how people react, how they drive, etc.
RIP boy:( so sad to hear this.
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