Road tragedies: Five-year-old boy dies after being hit by car while young man dies in separate quad bike accident

A child described as a “pedestrian” by gardaí was struck by a car in Portlaoise, resulting in a fatal accident. The driver, a woman in her 40s, was unharmed, marking the second road tragedy in the Midlands that day. In a separate incident in Westmeath, a quad bike rider in his 20s died, with a male passenger injured and a motorcycle rider in critical condition.

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