{"id":172107,"date":"2023-03-08T22:22:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172107"},"modified":"2023-03-08T22:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T22:22:18","slug":"child-dies-after-lorry-smashes-into-a-grandmother-pushing-a-pram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/child-dies-after-lorry-smashes-into-a-grandmother-pushing-a-pram\/","title":{"rendered":"Child dies after lorry smashes into a grandmother pushing a pram"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Child dies after lorry smashes into a grandmother pushing a pram through village in Northern Ireland<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A lorry collided into a grandmother pushing a pram in Moira, County Down<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A small child is reported to have died following the crash earlier today\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A small child died after a lorry collided into a grandmother pushing a pram in Northern Ireland earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred in the village of Moira, County Down, and is believed to have involved a lorry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A person was taken to hospital after the accident and their condition remains critical, The Mirror reports.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing her condolences, Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Sorcha Eastwood said: &#8216;I am absolutely devastated for the family that have lost a special little child in an absolutely awful incident in Moira this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My heart is just broken for them and I know we will all hold the family in prayer over the next while, God bless them all. Just devastating.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/03\/08\/21\/68483671-11837027-image-a-16_1678311095058.jpg\" height=\"387\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred in the village of Moira, County Down, and is believed to have involved a lorry<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0\u00a0Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesman added: &#8216;Motorists are advised that Main Street in Moira is closed due to a serious road traffic collision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The off-slip to Moira from the M1 is also closed. The advice would be to seek an alternative route for your journey. An update will follow in due course.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>DUP councillor Caleb McCready relayed how the child was being pushed in a pram by his grandmother when they were both struck by a lorry.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses described seeing the grandmother trapped beneath the lorry as she desperately waited to be rescued.<\/p>\n<p>DUP councillor Allan Ewart added: &#8216;Police are continuing to carry out examinations at the scene and this is causing continuing disruption to traffic in the surrounding area, including the M1 off-slip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It has already impacted upon some school transport and will likely affect commuter traffic later also.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11837027\/Child-dies-lorry-smashes-grandmother-pushing-pram-village-Northern-Ireland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child dies after lorry smashes into a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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