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Toddler serious after canal crash Crash toddler critical but stable
(about 11 hours later)
A two-year-old boy is seriously ill in hospital after his family's car crashed into the Newry Canal. The condition of a two-year-old boy who was injured when a car plunged into the Newry Canal on Wednesday afternoon is described as critical but stable.
The boy was travelling with his parents and a male relative when their car swerved to avoid another vehicle on the Omeath Road and ended up in the water. He was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital after the accident.
It is understood the family were rescued from the vehicle by fire crews. The car he was travelling in ended up in the canal after it was involved in a collision with another vehicle on the Omeath Road.
The boy, who is understood to have breathing difficulties, was transferred to hospital in Belfast after his condition deteriorated. Edward Carroll from the Fire and Rescue Service said the three adults in the car managed to get out quickly.
The other three received treatment for minor injuries after the accident, which took place at about 1430 BST on Wednesday. "On our arrival we were told that the car has been underwater for at least five minutes," he said.
"I'm told the adults had rescued themselves and then the child had been taken out.
"The child did come around, but it could have been a nightmare situation for our crews on arrival had the occupants still been in the car."
The boy, who is understood to have had breathing difficulties, was transferred from Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry to the Royal Victoria Hospital after his condition deteriorated.
The three other - the boy's mother and father and a male relative - received treatment for minor injuries after the accident, which took place at about 1430 BST.
Police have appealed for anyone with information concerning the incident to contact them.Police have appealed for anyone with information concerning the incident to contact them.