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14/01/2014
Investigation Launches Into Death Of 3-Year-Old In Lift Shaft
An investigation has been launched by the Health and Safety Authority following the death of a three-year-old boy in Galway city centre on Monday afternoon.
The child, named as Solomon Soremekun, died yesterday after he fell into the lift shaft at the Hynes Building on St Augustine Street.
HSE inspectors are continuing to examine the scene and the building remains closed to the public.
It is understood that it is trying to be established how the child fell in the lift shaft of the three-storey building.
A post-mortem of Solomon is due to be carried out today at Galway Iniversity Hospital.
(MH/CD)
The child, named as Solomon Soremekun, died yesterday after he fell into the lift shaft at the Hynes Building on St Augustine Street.
HSE inspectors are continuing to examine the scene and the building remains closed to the public.
It is understood that it is trying to be established how the child fell in the lift shaft of the three-storey building.
A post-mortem of Solomon is due to be carried out today at Galway Iniversity Hospital.
(MH/CD)
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