Child dies after getting stuck in car electric window

Gardaí are conducting a technical examination on a vehicle in which a three-year-old child was fatally injured in Swords yesterday…

Gardaí are conducting a technical examination on a vehicle in which a three-year-old child was fatally injured in Swords yesterday.

The boy was seriously injured when his head was caught in an electric car window in the driveway of his parents' house in the north Dublin suburb just before 6 p.m. yesterday.

The victim is thought to have accidentally activated the window button when the accident happened.

He was found by his mother and was immediately rushed to Temple Street Children's Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.