A THREE year-old boy and a his Italian father have been killed in a head on road crash in County Limerick this Tuesday morning, just a short time after the boy’s mother was attacked at her home.
Gardai in Limerick are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash and a stabbing incident in Oola where a woman received superficial stab wounds.
It is understood that gardai were called to a house in Oola at around 8:35am where a young Irish mother was found with stab wounds.
The mother alerted gardai that her former partner, an Italian national who had been living in Latin in South Tipperary, had taken their three year old son from the house.
Emergency services were called to the scene and the woman was hospitalised where her condition is said to be stable. The cuts received were not deemed life threatening.
A short time later, the father’s 2005 registered black Audi was involved in a head on collision with a truck at an area known as Brooks Bridge on the N24 Pallasgreen to Oola road.
The father and son were killed instantly.
The driver of the truck was uninjured but is said to be in a state of shock.
The bodies of the father and son remain at the scene but will be removed to the University of Limerick where a post mortem examinations are to be carried out on Wednesday.
The home where the young mother was found with the stab injuries has been declared a crime scene.
A Family Liaison Officer has been appointed by Gardai.
Inspector Luke Conlon, Acting Superintendent at Bruff Garda Station is leading the investigation into both incidents and is appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or travelled the road between 8am and 8.30am is asked to contact gardaí at Bruff on 061-382940, the Garda Confidential Telephone Line on 1800-666-111 or any garda station.
The road remains closed and is likely to remain closed until later this evening.
