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Boy critical after electrical wires incident

Our Lady's Children's Hospital - Boy in critical condition
Our Lady's Children's Hospital - Boy in critical condition

An 11-year-old boy remains in a critical condition with burns after he came into contact with electrical wires in Wexford town yesterday

The local boy had been playing with a number of children when the accident happened. 

Gardaí are investigating reports that a nail was driven through a set of wires on a timber electricity poll on the Newtown Road resulting in the boy being severely burned.

The boy was later taken to Our Ladys Children's Hospital in Crumlin.