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27/01/2014
14-Year-Old Critical After Getting Head Trapped In Railings
A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition in Cork University Hospital after trapping his head in railings and cutting off his oxygen supply.
Gardaí have described how the teenager had been with friends at The Orchards estate at Compass Hill, Kinsale, Co Cork, when he fell ill and slumped on to the railing.
Leon Connon's head then became trapped in the railing and it cut off his oxygen supply.
It is understood that people responded to cries of help, using car headlights to illuminate the scene before freeing the teenager.
Once free it was discovered that he wasn't breathing.
Paramedics managed to get Leon breathing again before he was taken to Cork University Hospital.
He remains in critical condition in hospital.
(MH/CD)
Gardaí have described how the teenager had been with friends at The Orchards estate at Compass Hill, Kinsale, Co Cork, when he fell ill and slumped on to the railing.
Leon Connon's head then became trapped in the railing and it cut off his oxygen supply.
It is understood that people responded to cries of help, using car headlights to illuminate the scene before freeing the teenager.
Once free it was discovered that he wasn't breathing.
Paramedics managed to get Leon breathing again before he was taken to Cork University Hospital.
He remains in critical condition in hospital.
(MH/CD)
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