A young boy is recovering in hospital following a collision involving a bicycle and a tractor in East Clare.
The incident occurred shortly after 6pm yesterday on the L8192 Bealkelly, Ogonnnelloe.
Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Scarriff station responded to the scene shortly after 6.00pm, while National Ambulance Service paramedics and Gardaí also attended.
The HSE’s Cork-based Emergency Aeromedical Service air ambulance, Aeromed-01, was also dispatched to the scene.
The injured boy was subsequently airlifted to University Hospital Galway for treatment of serious injuries before being transferred to Crumlin Children’s Hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
A full forensic examination of the scene has been completed, and the road has since been reopened.
