Boy (4) who died after being struck by car in Mullingar was riding scooter

A four-year-old boy who died in Mullingar, Co Westmeath on Monday was riding a scooter when he was struck by a car near his home.

The boy, who has been named locally as Abdur Rehman, died after being struck at about 6.30pm on Monday in the Farranshock estate, in Mullingar.

Abdur’s family had moved into the newly-built estate in recent months.

Emergency services treated the boy at the scene and he was taken by ambulance to nearby Regional Hospital Mullingar where he was later pronounced dead.