Young girl rushed to hospital after being struck by car in small Irish village as gardai confirm crash probe ‘ongoing'
A YOUNG girl was rushed to hospital after being struck by a car in Co Cork last night.
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The collision took place in the small village of Belgooly, which is north-east of Kinsale
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It is understood that the air ambulance was among the services called to the scene.
The child was taken to
It is understood that she sustained non-life threatening injuries.
In a statement this morning a garda spokesperson described the investigation into the crash as "ongoing".
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News of the incident comes after a tragic
Jason Monk, 18,
The young father-of-one, who was from Jobstown, has been
Meanwhile, a four-year-old boy
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Little Abdur was
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A 24-year-old also passed away on Easter Monday after his
at the intersection of R521 and R523 in Ardagh village in Co Limerick shortly after 6pm.
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Elsewhere, two women and two children were seriously injured in a two-car crash in Co
Two women aged in their 40s and 20s and a nine-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl, who were all in one vehicle, were seriously injured and taken by ambulance to Sligo University Hospital.
To date there have been 51 fatalities on Irish roads this year, nine less than the same period last year.
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