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08/11/2006
Toddler 'critical' after fireplace incident
A three-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a fireplace fell on top of him.
The incident happened at around 8am yesterday morning, at a house in Skye Park in the Ballykeel estate in Ballymena, when the fireplace collapsed on top of the child.
The boy was taken to Antrim area hospital, but was later transferred to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast, where he is described as being in a critical condition.
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The incident happened at around 8am yesterday morning, at a house in Skye Park in the Ballykeel estate in Ballymena, when the fireplace collapsed on top of the child.
The boy was taken to Antrim area hospital, but was later transferred to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast, where he is described as being in a critical condition.
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