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AN EIGHT year old boy had a mi- raculous escape in Kilkee yesterday after his head was wedged between the road and the tyre of a moving vehicle as he tried to retrieve a ball from beneath it.
The accident happened shortly be- fore 4 o’clock yesterday at Geraldine Place in Kilkee when the boy was playing near the four wheel drive sport utility vehicle (SUV). The child had attempted to retrieve a ball from under the vehicle when it began
to move forward, pinning him un- derneath.
The boy screamed in agony alerting the driver who stopped immediately.
The owner jumped from the vehi- cle to find the young child wedged between the wheel and the ground. An ambulance and local doctor were summoned to the scene but the local ambulance in Kilrush was respond- ing to a medical emergency also near Kilkee so an ambulance had to be despatched from Ennis.
As the ambulance would have tak- en more than half an hour to get from
Ennis to the scene, the child’s parents carefully placed him in the vehicle and drove towards Ennis to meet the ambulance. A local doctor was also sent to the scene but the child was on the way to Ennis before he arrived.
The vehicle pulled in just outside Kilrush where they waited for the ambulance crew who by now were only seconds away. He was assessed by medics before being rushed to Ennis General Hospital for treat- ment. The child arrived at the hospi- tal shortly after 5pm.
It is understood that the youngster
sustained “road rash” injuries and scrapes to his head and face but re- mained conscious throughout the incident and during the journey to hospital.
He was treated at Ennis Gen- eral Hospital and it was hoped that he would be released last night or early this morning after treatment. He received stitches to a number of wounds.
The child’s parents, who followed the ambulance to the hospital, are said to be very upset by the acci- elem