Boy (2) killed in Co Galway car collision

A two-year-old boy has been killed in a crash in Co Galway.

A two-year-old boy has been killed in a crash in Co Galway.

The child, who was walking along a road at Derrybeg, near Tynagh, was killed when he was hit by a car at around 12.25 p.m.

His body was removed to Portiuncla Hospital in Ballinasloe for a post-mortem.

Gardaí are not releasing the boy's name until all next of kin have been informed.

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