Boy (6) stable after car crash

The condition of the six-year-old boy seriously injured in the car accident last weekend which claimed the lives of his parents…

The condition of the six-year-old boy seriously injured in the car accident last weekend which claimed the lives of his parents and two other members of his family was stable at the Cork University Hospital last night, but he remains critical.

Mathew Pickford of Stockport, Manchester, was travelling on Saturday last with his parents brother, and sister when their car was involved in a head-on collision.

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