LAST UPDATE | 22 Apr

A YOUNG BOY has died after being struck by a car in Co Westmeath.

The child was hit by a car in Farranshock Estate in Mullingar shortly after 6.30pm yesterday.

He was treated at the scene before being taken by ambulance to Mullingar Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

It is understood that the boy was four years old.

The scene is currently preserved for examination by garda forensic collision investigators.

The coroner has been notified, and a post-mortem examination will be arranged, a garda spokesperson said.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to come forward. 

A total of three people were killed on Irish roads over the weekend.

A motorcyclist in his 20s was killed after a collision with a car in Ardagh, Co Limerick yesterday.

The collision occurred shortly after 6pm at the intersection of R521 and R523 in Ardagh village.

The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Sunday, Jason Monks, an 18-year-old father of one died when his motorbike was involved in a crash on Citywest Avenue in southwest Dublin.

There were also a number of serious road collisions around the country yesterday.

In Sligo, two women, along with a 9-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, were hospitalised following a two-car collision.

In Ballyhale, Co Kilkenny, a motorcyclist in his 30s was left seriously injured after a crash involving a car at around midday.

Another motocyclist in his 20s was airlifted to hospital following a collision outside Longford town yesterday.