7-year-old girl dies in driveway accident in Drogheda

A girl has died in an accident in the driveway of a house in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

The incident involving a car happened outside a residence in the town at around 2.30pm this afternoon. The girl, aged seven, is understood to have been one of a number of children playing near the car when it began to move. She was seriously injured and was immediately taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, which is across the road from the house where the incident took place. There the child was pronounced dead. Gardaí have said that they are treating the death as a tragic accident.

Authorities "are investigating an incident which occurred in the driveway of a house in Boyle O'Reilly Terrace at approximately 2.30pm today, 7th July, 2019," they confirmed in a statement. "Initial investigations indicate that a seven-year-old female was fatally injured in what appears to be a tragic accident involving a car. "The local coroner has been notified. "Investigations are ongoing."