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| A one-year-old boy has died after an accident at a house in the Highlands, police have confirmed. | A one-year-old boy has died after an accident at a house in the Highlands, police have confirmed. |
| It is understood that the child was crushed by a car, as it rolled backwards down the drive with the baby's three-year-old brother inside. | It is understood that the child was crushed by a car, as it rolled backwards down the drive with the baby's three-year-old brother inside. |
| The emergency services were called to a property in the Kiltarlity area in the hills above Loch Ness on Wednesday. | The emergency services were called to a property in the Kiltarlity area in the hills above Loch Ness on Wednesday. |
| Northern Constabulary said the child was taken to Raigmore hospital in Inverness where he later died. | Northern Constabulary said the child was taken to Raigmore hospital in Inverness where he later died. |
| The accident happened in the community of Foxhole which is between Kiltarlity and Drumnadrochit at about 1645 BST. | The accident happened in the community of Foxhole which is between Kiltarlity and Drumnadrochit at about 1645 BST. |
| Police, Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service were called to the house. | Police, Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service were called to the house. |
| It is thought that the three-year-old was in the car and somehow the vehicle subsequently rolled back and crushed the baby, whom some local people suggest was in a pushchair at the time. | |
| Hamish Maclennan, of Kiltarlity Community Council, said the accident came as a great shock to local people whose hearts went out to the family involved. |