Five year old was wedged under a wheel of articulated truck

A five year old boy  is in a critical condition after being crushed by an articulated truck on his way to school.

The child was walking with his mother and older sister when the large vehicle, which was making a delivery to a local supermarket, collided with the two young children.

The shocked driver attempted to move the truck as the boy was wedged underneath one of its wheels.

Emergency services were alerted and members of the Garda Traffic Corps and paramedics rushed to the scene in Ongar, west Dublin.

The young boy, believed to be a Polish national, was rushed to Temple Street Children's University Hospital. He is being treated for injuries to his chest and lungs and is described as being in a "critical but stable" condition.

His sister suffered minor injuries.