Boy (5) dies in bicycle accident

A five year old boy was killed in an accident at Old Clondalkin Road in Dublin yesterday evening

A five year old boy was killed in an accident at Old Clondalkin Road in Dublin yesterday evening. Darren Lang, of Foxdene Avenue, Clondalkin, was on the crossbar of a bicycle being ridden by another boy when the wheel of a lorry came into contact with the bicycle. He died later in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.

According to gardai, no one else was injured.

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