Easter Monday road fatalities: Young boy struck by car in Westmeath, motorcyclist killed in Limerick crash

The incident occurred shortly after 6.30pm on Monday in Farranshock Estate, Mullingar.

He was treated at the scene before being taken by ambulance to Mullingar Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

The Coroner has been notified, and a post-mortem examination will be arranged.

The scene is currently preserved for examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward.

Meanwhile, in a separate collision in Sligo, a nine-year-old boy, a three-year-old girl and two women were seriously injured in a crash.

The incident was followed by a separate collision in Co Limerick in which a motorcyclist, aged in his 20s, died.

While a fourth collision took place in Co Kilkenny on Sunday in which another man, aged in his 30s, suffered serious injuries following a collision involving a car and a motorcycle.

Gardaí were called to the scene of the collision ...
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