Boy (7) dies in hospital following Co Meath car crash

The child suffered serious injuries in two-vehicle collision earlier this month

A Garda spokesman  confirmed a seven-year-old boy has died following a car crash earlier this month. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
A Garda spokesman confirmed a seven-year-old boy has died following a car crash earlier this month. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

A seven-year-old boy has died of injuries he suffered in a car crash in Co Meath earlier this month.

A Garda spokesman confirmed on Monday that the boy, Daniel, had died at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin, after suffering serious injuries in the incident.

The two-vehicle collision happened on the Nobber to Kingscourt Road on January 12th.

Daniel was travelling with his mother, Emma O’Keeffe (26), and his two-year-old brother at the time of the crash.

Ms O'Keeffe, from Co Meath, died in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda the day after the collision.

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