03/06/2011

Steel Door Kills Four-Year-Old Boy

Gardai have described the death of a four-year-old in Donegal Town as a "tragic accident".

The boy was playing in a yard yesterday near his home when a six-foot steel door fell on him.

He was was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post mortem examination will take place later today at Letterkenny General Hospital.

(BMcN)

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