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07/04/2017
Four-Year-Old Boy Dies In Farm Incident
A four-year-old boy has died in a farm incident in Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh.
Police attended the property at around 8.30pm on Thursday, 06 April. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Northern Ireland Health & Safety Executive has launched an investigation.
PSNI Inspector Glen Latimer said: "Local PSNI will work closely with the Health and Safety Executive as they investigate the circumstances."
DUP Leader and Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Arlene Foster said: "This is devastating news and I wish to express my sympathy to the family.
"In the close knit farming community of Fermanagh, news of this untimely death has caused a great deal of shock."
(CD/JP)
Police attended the property at around 8.30pm on Thursday, 06 April. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Northern Ireland Health & Safety Executive has launched an investigation.
PSNI Inspector Glen Latimer said: "Local PSNI will work closely with the Health and Safety Executive as they investigate the circumstances."
DUP Leader and Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Arlene Foster said: "This is devastating news and I wish to express my sympathy to the family.
"In the close knit farming community of Fermanagh, news of this untimely death has caused a great deal of shock."
(CD/JP)
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