The father and son who lost their lives in a suspected murder-suicide car crash are to be buried together in the same coffin, it has been confirmed.

The officer leading the investigation into the suspected murder suicide in Co Limerick which claimed the life of a father and his young son confirmed gardaí were satisfied that Marco Velocci visited the home of his former partner Jodie Power hours before he abducted their three-year-old son Alex and drove him to a fatal crash.

Gardaí believe a Co Limerick man died with his young son, after deliberately driving his car into an oncoming articulated truck minutes after forcibly taking the boy from the home of his former partner, the child’s mother.

Gardaí carefully placed a green-coloured blanket over the toddler, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Latest: The three-year old boy killed today in crash outside Oola, Co Limerick, has been named locally and by neighbours as Alex James Velocci.