A five-year-old boy has died following a farm accident in Tulsk, (Co. Roscommon) on yesterday evening.
Gardaí attended the scene of the accident which occurred on a farm, at about 5.40pm on Sunday.
The boy was fatally injured when he fell from a trailer on his family’s farmland.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has been removed to Roscommon University Hospital.
A Garda spokesman said a file will be prepared for the coroner and a post mortem will take place over the next number of days.
The Health and Safety Authority has been informed of the incident and they will conduct an investigation, the spokesman added.
