AN 11 year old boy who was, badly injured in an accident on Wednesday died in Beaumont Hospital last night, a spokeswoman for the hospital said early this morning.
The victim's mother contacted gardai at Clontarf yesterday morning, after an appeal had been issued for information on his identity.
The boy was badly injured when hit by a motorcycle near the UCI cinema complex in Coolock at around 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday.
He was taken to Beaumont Hospital but, because he was carrying no identification and had not been reported missing by late Wednesday night, gardai issued his description through the newspapers and radio.
He had been in a "very critical" condition in the hospital.
The boy's mother contacted Clontarf gardai at around 9 a.m. yesterday and was informed that her son was in the intensive care unit of Beaumont Hospital. According to the spokeswoman for the hospital, the boy's parents visited him at the hospital last night.
It is understood he was going to see a film at the Coolock cinema complex when the accident happened. He is thought to have been unaccompanied at the time, but gardai in both Coolock and Clontarf could not explain the lapse of time before his identity was established.
