Boy dies after Co Tyrone hit-and-run crash
Monday, 27 December 2004 16:39A three-year-old Co Tyrone boy has died in hospital after being struck by a car in Donemana, near Strabane yesterday afternoon.
The boy, Adam Mullen, and his mother were in Allen Park in the village of Donemana yesterday afternoon when a white Peugeot 309 car mounted the kerb and struck them.
The 22-year-old man driving the car involved did not stop and was later found dead in a quarry in the same area.
It is believed he may have taken his own life. A post mortem is being carried out on his body.
Both the child and his mother were taken to Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry, where the little boy later died.
His mother, who lives near Donemana, received serious injuries but they are not thought to be life-threatening.
Police in Strabane have appealed for information.
