Gardaí in Galway investigate child's death

Gardaí in Ahascragh, Co Galway, are investigating the death of a three-year-old boy after he apparently fell from a four-wheel…

Gardaí in Ahascragh, Co Galway, are investigating the death of a three-year-old boy after he apparently fell from a four-wheel-drive vehicle yesterday.

A Garda spokeswoman said the incident did not take place on a public road. The child is understood to have fallen from the vehicle on a farm.

He died later at Portiuncula hospital.

A spokeswoman for the Health and Safety Authority said this evening that the body would not be carrying out an investigation into the accident.

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